WASTEWATER
Shoreham Waste Water Treatment Works
Southern Water engaged Selwood and Siltbuster to support a programme of planned maintenance and repair works on key assets at the treatment works.
The challenge
Extremely restricted site footprint, limiting plant placement and access.
Complex hydraulic arrangement due to split...
Anglian Water tech ‘centre stage’ in world-class WWT upgrade
Wastewater digestion technology originally developed by Anglian Water is set to play a central role in one of the largest wastewater treatment upgrades in the world.
The Helea sludge digestion technology has been selected by Brazilian water and waste management...
Remote power’s role in water monitoring
Dr Lee Juby, CEO at Fuel Cell Systems, looks at the power sources that keep water monitoring equipment running across a range of real-world situations, and investigates the future of water quality monitoring in the UK.
Water monitoring has never...
Advances in unique lab-in-a-box coastal monitoring system
A world-first system combining automated drones, robotics, real-time sensors and rapid shore-side testing is set to transform how UK coastal bathing waters are monitored.
The Smart Skies, Healthy Waters project is developing a pioneering “lab-in-a-box” that will give water companies...
UK maps route to reducing chemicals in the environment
The latest data from the UK water industry’s most ambitious chemical monitoring programme suggests targeted policy, collaborative science, and source control can successfully tackle forever chemicals.
UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR)’s Chemical Investigations Programme (CIP) represents the UK water industry’s...
£53m AI sewer monitoring programme predicts great result
Yorkshire Water is well on the way to rolling out over 92,000 sewer monitor alarms and monitoring devices by 2030 to reduce pollution, prevent sewer flooding and deliver a more reliable and proactive customer service.
Measures include:
45,000 new customer sewer...
Using soil insight to reduce fertiliser use and improve water quality
A trial run by South East Water in Hampshire has used soil data to better understand the timing and drivers of nitrate risk.
The aim is to support targeted, evidence-led crop management, and could help cut the fertiliser wasted and...
Breaking the Bottleneck: What the Planning and Infrastructure Act means for water projects
Christy Greves MRICS, Associate Director at specialist land and environment consultancy Dalcour Maclaren, examines what the Planning and Infrastructure Act could mean for specialists planning and delivering major water infrastructure projects.
The Government’s Planning and Infrastructure Act is designed to...
Rethinking wastewater capacity
With a growing number of housing developments held up by concerns over outdated and strained wastewater infrastructure, water companies must look beyond building new channels to increase flow capacity. Simon Light, Wilo UK, highlights the importance of screening in...
Homes to be heated with wastewater energy
Homes and public buildings in a London borough are set to benefit from lowcarbon heating, thanks to a unique project to recover energy from treated wastewater at a Thames Water Sewage Treatment Works.
With wastewater from around 2 million people processed...
South East Water’s Resilience Plan: progress update
South East Water is improving the resilience of its water supply network which serves 2.3 million customers across Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire.
The upgrades will deliver additional capacity and water quality protection, improving the water supply to over...
Research results assist biomedia selection
Recent research projects have helped determine the impact that filter media design has on the performance of wastewater treatment processes such as traditional trickling filters, SAF, MBBR and IFAS. Mark Barrett, Warden Biomedia, reviews the results.
One of our...
A sustainable solution to a carbon-intensive foundry application
When a manufacturer of resin sand mixers was facing concerns over the efficiency and environmental impact of its equipment, they turned to global dosing systems specialist SEKO for a dedicated solution.
Within the foundry industry, resin-coated sand has for many...
Strengthening water delivery in Yorkshire through AMP8 and beyond
Strengthening partnerships through in-house design and programme certainty
OCU’s work with Yorkshire Water continues to gather strong momentum, marking a successful transition from early framework mobilisation to confident, large-scale delivery. Since entering the Yorkshire region in 2020 as a new...
Unlocking your plant potential
Tribal knowledge has long been the cornerstone of operations for water and wastewater treatment plants – but your most valuable resource might be hiding in plain sight, says Dave Rutowski, Aquatic Informatics.
Treatment plants have relied on experienced operators with...
Solution to pollution: Why a holistic, catchment‑wide strategy is essential for the future of the UK water industry
The UK water industry is facing a defining moment. Mounting public pressure, increasing regulatory scrutiny and the growing impacts of climate change have converged to create an urgent need for transformation. Pollution incidents, storm overflow spills and deteriorating asset...
Same job, different world: How smart tech is reshaping life in the sewers
Two generations of South West Water operatives reflect on what it really means to work underground and how the job has changed beyond recognition.
On a wet day in the South West, some of the most important work protecting rivers...
How IoT is transforming water treatment
As the world’s most precious and essential resource, water is vital for health, sanitation, industry, the environment and many other critical aspects of our lives.
Therefore, the global demand for water is astronomical, dominated by the agriculture sector which uses...
Aeration optimisation for enhanced activated sludge performance
With real-time visibility into aeration performance in an activated sludge plant – wastewater treatment operators gain more precise control, lower energy consumption, and greater overall reliability. Rugged sensors, wastewater-specific calibrations, modular design and integrated process intelligence, provide a reliable...
Technology’s role in tackling water system challenges
Water utilities need technologies that provide smarter and more resilient ways to manage water and wastewater, says Duncan Leathley, Water Utilities Division, Grundfos.
Water networks around the world face increasing pressures as climate change drives extreme weather, with rapid urbanisation...
Yorkshire Water completes Dewsbury WwTW upgrade
An £18m phosphorus removal programme has been completed at Dewsbury Wastewater Treatment Works.
The work, carried out by Yorkshire Water in partnership with BarhaleEnpure JV, will help improve water quality in the River Calder.
The scheme has achieved a 90% reduction...
Filter screening capacity tripled at Scottish treatment works
Tyndrum Wastewater Treatment Works, in Stirlingshire, has upgraded its process screening capacity by installing upgrades capable of handling more than triple its original volume.
The project, which took the site’s capacity from 3.2 litres per second (L/s) up to a...
From sewage to ‘sugar’ – United Utilities achieves UK first
United Utilities has achieved a UK first at Blackburn Wastewater Treatment Works by successfully trialling a groundbreaking technology to extract naturally occurring glucose from sewage.
The process captures toilet paper from untreated sewage and breaks it down into a glucose...
Waste autopsy reveals scale of sewer blockage challenge
Thames Water Utilities and the Port of London Authority have collaborated on a recent waste autopsy in an area of the capital now known as ‘wet wipe Island’.
Research Centre (WRc) which examined 30 kg of the 114 tonnes of...
Bluey and Bandit sniff out hidden pollution
Cocker spaniel brothers Bluey and Bandit are giving Wessex Water a helping paw in the quest to tackle sewer connections.
The dogs belong to the company’s award-winning canine unit, using their renowned sense of smell to prevent wastewater entering watercourses...
A wastewater treatment solution for a critical airport application
When a leading utilities and services provider was commissioned to create an environmentally critical application for one of the world’s busiest airports, they collaborated with water-treatment expert SEKO for a failsafe solution.
The European airport handles in excess of 80...
Green Recovery Programme invests in nature-based upgrades at treatment works
Severn Trent has completed sustainable upgrades at Hungarton sewage treatment works in Leicestershire.
The £2.4 million project is part of Severn Trent’s Green Recovery programme.
To comply with new standards set out in the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP), the...
Norfolk water recycling centre gets major upgrade
Anglian Water has installed specialist wastewater treatment equipment in a major water recycling centre (WRC) upgrade.
The work was needed to ensure dry weather flow remained compliant at Horning Knackers Wood WRC in Norfolk.
River flooding and groundwater infiltration into the...
New wastewater technologies to be tried and tested
A pilot plant to assess the best combination of technologies for micropollutant removal from wastewater is due to start operating at Cranfield University.
The plant – a first for the UK – comes as UK water companies seek to invest...
The next big thing(s) in water quality measurement
Accurate measurement of water quality in situ is difficult. Craige Palmer, Hamamatsu, explains how the latest developments in sensors and testing technology are rising to the challenge.
Measuring water quality in situ – directly at source, be it a fast-flowing...
