Treatment and Technology

By Martin Osborne & Matt Leedham, WSP Sewage pumping stations are a vital part of sewerage systems to ensure that low lying areas can be effectively drained. The UK water industry has at least 40 000 sewage...

Yorkshire Water is working in partnership with Anglian Water to ensure sludge can be treated efficiently. As part of the short-term partnership, sludge will be transported from Anglian’s treatment works in Great Billing to Yorkshire...

South West Water is installing Industrial Phycology (I-Phyc)’s algal technology to remove phosphorous (P) in the final effluent at Broadwindsor Sewage Treatment Works The scheme is part of South West Water’s drive to innovate and...

Yorkshire Water and its partners Stantec and BarhaleDoosan JV are currently constructing an integrated wetland at Clifton wastewater treatment works to help reduce reliance on energy intensive treatment processes.  Here Yorkshire Water project lead Michael...

The irony of wastewater, the waste product of the use of water, is that it is already in the location where fresh water is needed. It is time the linear use of our most...

By Stephen Major, Nokia’s Digital Industries Lead - Utility Sector The pressure is on for water companies right now. Rising temperatures, rapid population growth and increasing urbanisation are having a huge effect on water availability. Even...

Reliable analysis from high to low concentration ranges Aluminum salts can be used in wastewater treatment as coagulation agent and flocculant. However, because of its toxic effect on fish, it is important to remove aluminum...

Official figures show that April 2021 was both one of the driest Aprils on record for the UK – and the sunniest. Changing climate patterns and the paucity of regular rainfall is just one reason...

Yorkshire Water has adopted the Esri ArcGIS Hub to share risk data for its first Drainage and Wastewater Management Plan (DWMP) with local stakeholders. Identifying future risks to wastewater treatment and drainage networks, and coming...

Gravity thickener machines are widely installed and used in waste water treatment plants, water treatment plants as well as in a wide range of industries with waste or solids separation requirements like; food and...