Calgon Carbon Awarded Contract for Drinking Water Treatment in China

Calgon Carbon Awarded Contract for Drinking Water Treatment in China

June 26, 2007

    PITTSBURGH, June 26 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Calgon
Carbon Corporation (NYSE: CCC) announced today that it has
been awarded a contract by Jiaxing Jiayuan Water Co. to
supply 1.1 million pounds of granular activated carbon
(GAC) to the Jiaxing Nanjiao Water Plant in China for
drinking water purification. Terms of the contract were not
disclosed.

    The GAC will be installed at the Nanjiao Water Plant
which supplies 40 million gallons of water per day to the
3.3 million residents of Jiaxing, a major city in Zhejiang
Province. 

    "We are very pleased that Jiaxing Jiayuan Water
selected Calgon Carbon to provide high-quality drinking
water to the residents of Jiaxing," commented James
Fishburne, senior vice president of Calgon Carbon. Mr.
Fishburne added, "Over the last 40 years, Calgon
Carbon has supplied millions of pounds of activated carbon
to municipalities all over the world for drinking water
treatment, and we are committed to serve the rapidly
growing market in China."

    Calgon Carbon Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, is a global leader in services and solutions
for making water and air safer and cleaner.

    The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
provides a "safe harbor" for forward-looking
statements. This document contains certain statements that
are forward-looking relative to the company's future
strategy and performance. They involve known and unknown
risks and uncertainties that may cause the company's actual
results in future periods to be materially different from
any future performance.


    For more information, please contact: 

    Gail Gerono
    Calgon Carbon Corporation
    Tel: [phone]