United Utilities rolls out Systems Thinking approach to wastewater network management
If the water and wastewater industry is to improve resilience and meet the expectations of customers and regulators, the traditional reactive approach to operational asset management must evolve.
For United Utilities’ wastewater operation this means...
United Utilities installs revolutionary wastewater treatment technology
United Utilities is installing revolutionary wastewater treatment technology from Holland in four of its treatment plants in North West England over the next five years.
The company was the first in the UK to trial...
Dairy wastewater treatment and design
What is dairy wastewater? and how is it treated? Due to the continuing growth of milk production, wastewater from dairies is considered one of the largest sources of industrial wastewater. Much of this wastewater...
What if we simply didn’t treat wastewater?
The importance of industrial wastewater (pre-)treatment
If our wastewater is going to be treated at a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) anyway, why can’t my people simply pour it down the drain?’ As BakerCorp’s Filtration Manager...
Bradford-on-Avon STW – Ferric Chloride Chemical Dosing Case Study
Background
In west Wiltshire, close to the border with Somerset, the town of Bradford on Avon until 1876 was served in the form of sewers that ran from various locations directly into the River Avon....
Alternative coagulants: swapping metals for plant-based alternatives
Becci Bragg, from the Science and Optimisation team at South West Water, demonstrates how using more environmentally friendly plant-based alternatives to metal ion coagulants are being introduced and tested at wastewater sites.
Over the last...
Most reliable and effective way to remove scum
Installation of the UK’s first two Scum Skimmers has been completed: one on a Final Settlement Tank (FST) at Europe’s largest sewage works, Thames Water Beckton WWTW, and the other on a Primary Settlement...
Electrifying advanced oxidation processes
A collaboration between HPNow, Evonik and Xylem is showing how sustainable treatment processes can turn wastewater into healthy drinking supplies.
Strong population growth, contamination from industrial and municipal uses, and critical regional droughts are placing...
AI-powered energy management — a way towards net-zero and increased resilience for the water...
The way the world generates, distributes, stores, buys and consumes energy is changing faster than ever before. The transition towards a ‘greener’ power grid with increased penetration of renewables is being driven by the...
Innovative approach to Peak Flow Management
Traditionally, Welsh Water have used standard storm storage treatment options to deal with significant flow management into our networks, and combined sewer overflows (CSO) before arriving at our Wastewater Treatment Works. This, along with...