Other events & courses – WWAC symposium & MWWT unit
• Municipal Waste Water Treatment
The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) has provisional dates for the unit Municipal Waste Water Treatment (MWWT).
This...
Continuous measurement of sludge density helps generate more electricity
Pulsar Process Measurement has supplied eight Sludge Finder 2 sludge interface monitors to Severn Trent’s Stoke Bardolph site as part of a process improvement...
Innovative aeration promises wastewater energy savings
Phil Burge of Swedish bearings company SKF explains a new aeration blower solution, and its potential to lower energy costs, improve operational efficiency and...
Heat exchanger cuts carbon emissions for malted ingredients maker
The 3-tank batch sludge pasteuriser system from HRS is said to provide 40% heat regeneration.
Malted ingredients company Muntons (Stowmarket, Suffolk) is putting the finishing...
Action and reaction
As international pressure mounts on industry to clean up its act and make bigger energy savings, companies have had to respond by adapting their...
Rotating sludge scraper makes savings
A new technology for circular sludge settlement tanks in wastewater treatment has the potential to achieve major operating and energy savings for all UK...
The advantages of dewatering
By Steve Lawrie of Dexter Watson, a supplier of design services to the waste sector
One place where the mounting pressure on water authorities is...
Soil analysis is the secret to farming sludge success
Environmental monitoring firm Enitial has won a contract from Severn Trent Water to help farms use natural resources in the form of biosolids to...
How‘s your digestion?
The wastewater industry continues to lead the way in the adoption of anaerobic digestion as a sustainable treatment technology for sewage sludge. However, John...
Using containment for de-watering
SURREY-headquartered Land and Water Services (LAWS) has been using Geotube® containers to dewater difficult sludges for Anglian Water Services.
On a live contract at Pitsford...
Wessex takes it to the Max for sludge
WESSEX Water has increased sludge handling capacity at its Trowbridge sewage treatment works by reducing downtime of capital assets following the installation of a...
Scraper maker claims cost edge
HALF-bridge scrapers made by A&J Fabtech rotate around a central pivot in circular settlement tanks and are said to provide a cost effective option...
US breweries pilot new bioelectric treatment
A new technology for energy recovery from wastewater is being piloted in the US by MIT spin-off Cambrian Innovation.
The underlying process relies on...
Blanket Success
Severn Trent opt for Partech's SludgeWatch 715
Partech's production team have been working flat out to supply Severn Trent a company wide suite of portable...
Aeration system saves malt maker £37k
A new aeration system has increased production and saved tens of thousands of pounds in energy for one of Europe's largest malt makers. Simpsons...
Brewery selects SBR system for wastewater treatment
INDUSTRIAL filtration specialist Micromac Filtration has successfully completed a major wastewater treatment system expansion and upgrade project at Devon-based Otter Brewery.
At the brewery’s...
Sludge wonderful sludge
Back in 2009 Haigh were approached by a number of key customers with the request to bring a new small sludge screening system to...
Cambi in sewage treatment works win
Cambi is working a contract for the thermal hydrolysis process at two of Europe’s biggest sewage treatment works.
Tamesis, the joint venture of Imtech and...
New steelwork for sludge tanks
THAMES Water is undertaking a £675 million upgrade programme which will include a £200 million expansion of the Crossness sewage treatment works (STW) and...
SCFI Strengthens Offering with Air Products Partnership
Irish firm SCFI has announced an alliance with Air Products to streamline its customer offering whilst further developing commercial opportunities for AquaCritox®, its environmentally...
