WATER MANAGEMENT
Pumps for every water-treatment process
Water-treatment operators around the world rely on a variety of pumps for the dosing of chemicals, with these systems ranging from heavy-duty equipment designed for industrial environments to ultra-high-precision dosing pumps injecting chemicals into processes in the finest increments.
Peristaltic
Peristaltic...
Our products use the latest in low power technologies – offering extended battery life for a longer return on investment
A challenge with any battery-powered devices used to monitor flow, pressure or acoustics in the water network is the CAPEX and then the OPEX costs needed to maintain the fleet.
A data logger has one job: recording and transmitting data...
Atplas internal water metering solutions for convenience and efficiency
Water metering has been compulsory in all new homes since 1990, however nationally around 40% of dwellings remain on unmetered connections. Water companies have a target to reduce this to under 20% by 2045.
Domestic water meters are typically placed...
Groundbreaker: quick, easy solutions for efficient water management
Steve Leigh’s approach to business reflects his personality - pragmatic, down-to-earth and honest.
He has over 40 years’ experience in the UK water industry, having spent the first half of his career with Anglian Water where amongst other things, he...
Flow & Level Measurement Technology: Advancing the Water Utility Sector
The water industry has always been a crucial aspect of society, as it provides an essential resource to sustain life. To ensure that a continuous supply of fresh, clean water is accessible, advanced technology is necessary. One of the...
A New Combination of Optical and Telemetry Technology to Monitor Remote Sites for Harmful Algal Blooms
Valeport Water’s Hyperion Phycocyanin and Hyperion Chlorophyll a fluorometers recently provided a solution for monitoring the levels of blue-green algae at a remote site.
In July 2022, Valeport Water was approached by a customer to provide a solution to monitor...
Meet PCC reduction targets without active customer participation
After the summer of 2022, water availability has been bumped up the priority list for government and the water industry. Alongside leakage, PCC (Per Capita Consumption) reduction has become one of the industry’s key targets.
Industry plans to upgrade our...
Sewer alarms identify 100 blockages in six months
Yorkshire Water’s partnership with Technolog and Utilitec Services in Sheffield and surrounding areas has helped identify 100 sewer blockages and enable them to be resolved before causing wider problems for customers and the environment.
Blockages are often caused by unflushables,...
SUEZ AQUADVANCED® Urban Drainage: A boost to stormwater & sewer overflow management issues
It’s a common, recurring occurrence. A spell of heavy rainfall can easily overwhelm water catchment systems and cause flooding in urban areas. What you don’t want to happen is for this water to get contaminated with sewage water and...
Water quality management and control in service reservoirs
Careful management of service reservoirs is essential to safeguard drinking water quality, requiring accurate and reliable monitoring for a detailed understanding of supply configuration, asset condition, along with and the expertise of a multi-disciplined team. ATi discusses how the...
MCERTS Class 1 radars and controllers offer users all the options
In 2021, level and pressure instrumentation manufacturer, VEGA, became the first manufacturer to offer MCERTS Class one certification over a 5m range - either as a stand-alone sensor or with controller as a complete system.
Since then the company say...
‘Forever Chemicals’: What’s the fuss about PFAS?
Efforts to stem the potential harmful effects of the so-called ‘forever chemicals’ have started to gain traction among experts, decision makers, and other stakeholders in the wastewater and water management industries both in the UK and around the world.
In...
Non-invasive advanced flow measurement solutions for multiple applications
Valeport Water’s doppler flowmeter was originally designed for operation within waste water pipelines where the flow was potentially slow and the water full of debris. ATEX certification was a requirement and the ATEX approved Type 810 doppler flowmeter was...
Thames Water and HWM deliver ambitious Sewer Depth Monitoring (SDM) installation project, initially deploying almost 4,000 ultrasonic level sensors
Every day, more than 15 million people in London and the Thames Valley flush or drain 4.6 billion litres of used water. To cope with this huge demand, Thames Water maintains a complex 68,000-mile sewer network.
With such huge quantities...
At last – a smarter focus on wastewater flows and levels
Spills from wastewater system storm overflows have attracted much media attention, and the Government has just concluded its consultation on developing a Storm Overflow Discharge Reduction Plan (SORP). Andy Godley, from the Water Research Centre (WRc), looks at the...
Two technologies for flow measurement
Doppler and Transit-Time are two very popular types of flow meter for non-invasive measurement of flow in full pipes. We tend to confuse these technologies because they are both ultrasonic and both measure flow by using sensors clamped onto...
Yorkshire Water expands AI use against pollution
Yorkshire Water is expanding its use of artificial intelligence (AI) to predict blockages within its sewer network and reduce pollution risks.
A successful pilot of a solution co-created by Yorkshire Water, Siemens and The University of Sheffield has been completed...
Buried or submerged closed pipe flow metering
Buried flow meters for lowest installed cost
Many seasoned water professionals may throw their hands skyward at the mere suggestion of burying flow meters underground. They will more than likely remember the manufacturer promises made a decade or more ago,...
Flow Cytometry: An alternative to classic HPC measurement
Quantifying bacterial concentrations in water samples is a necessary process to evaluate and contain microbiological contamination. Heterotrophic plate count (HPC) measurement is still the standard method to determine microbial contamination, yet a number of more modern methods are emerging....
AI-powered energy management — a way towards net-zero and increased resilience for the water sector
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 net zero and sustainability agendas,...
Managing flood risk during overhaul of an Environment Agency pumping station
Background
As a specialist in engineering schemes in the water and construction industries, JBA Bentley’s teams called on Selwood’s Pumping Solutions team to help with a project which involved the total refurbishment of the Environment Agency’s pumping station in Doncaster....
Metering the Challenges
Andy Godley. Senior Consultant – Flow Measurement and Metering, Water Research Centre
Flow data underpins many of the critical activities undertaken by the water industry including managing water resources, leakage and customer service. This means that metering is one of the most important tools...
An expert opinion: MCERTS Radar offers a new way to help the environment
According to recently published figures from the Environment Agency, water companies discharged raw sewage into rivers in England more than 400,000 times in 2020. It’s reasons like these that make the reliable and accurate monitoring of all discharges into...
Sewage Pumping, WwTW and MCERTS Metering
On the 29th March 2021, the UK Government announced measures to put into law new duties on water companies to reduce sewage discharged into waterways.
Quoting from UK Government site www.gov.uk/government/news/measures-to-reduce-harm-from-storm-overflows-to-be-made-law: “During wet weather, storm overflows act to prevent sewers...
80GHz technology puts Continuous Level Measurement on SICK’s radar
An innovative non-contact radar sensing technology from SICK is opening up the prospect of robust and reliable real-time monitoring of fluid levels in demanding water industry applications.
SICK LFR SicWave is a fluid level sensor with maximum range of 30m...
Water companies investing in ‘Early Warning System’ in fight against fatbergs and flooding
In April this year, a huge fatberg weighing approximately 300 tonnes was discovered in the sewers below Birmingham.
Even with engineers working around the clock, Severn Trent does not expect to complete the removal of this huge mound of cooking...
Custom solutions
Wherever pressure sensors are needed, a solution can normally be found in the KELLER standard product catalog. However, there are often great benefits to optimising a product specifically for integration and use in existing complete systems. In addition to...
Collaborative summit to explore future of FOG
A collaborative event will bring together water, wastewater and sustainability experts to explore new ways of tackling fat, oil and grease (FOG) in sewers and pave the way for a blockage-free future.
Now in its third year, the European FOG...
Wastewater technician training continues despite challenging year
British Water’s wastewater treatment technicians’ training continued successfully through 2020 despite the Covid-19 crisis, with the accreditation receiving Environment Agency praise.
Onsite assessment procedures, carried out by a workplace assessor as part of British Water’s Wastewater Treatment Plant Accreditation Scheme,...
UK’s First Water Innovation Strategy is a Step Towards Long-Term Resilience
Highlighting the need to find new ways to drive transformational change in the water sector, Ofwat have released their new innovation strategy. In this article, Learning & Development Associates (L&DA) look closer at how the strategy will support long-term...
