Water & Wastewater Treatment

Name of the project/initiative/ technology Name Result Compass BIO: Platform for biosolids integrated operations Compass Informatics Finalist Artifi cial intelligence horizon scan for global water industry Isle Utilities Finalist Innovative Streetworks Planning Portal (SPP) Elgin, Morrison Utility Services & Yorkshire Water Finalist Robotic Process Automation Morrison Utility Services & Sopra Steria Finalist Digital Delivery MWH Treatment Finalist Water Poverty Eradication Modelling Northumbrian Water Group Winner Name of the project/initiative/ technology Name Result Dalton Piercy WTW Anglian Water's @one Alliance Finalist Tullich WTW ESD Finalist Coppermills WTW MWH Treatment Finalist Lochmaddy WTW Scottish Water & Ross-shire Engineering (RSE) Winner Failsworth WwTW Suprafi lt & LiMA Finalist Data Project of the Year Winner: SCOTTISH WATER & ROSS-SHIRE ENGINEERING (RSE) – LOCHMADDY WTW The project team collaboratively designed and delivered a comprehensive upgrade to the drinking water network on the Isle of North Uist in Scotland's remote Outer Hebrides. The works include new raw water abstraction and distribution from Loch Fada and the provision of a cutting-edge nanofi ltration Water Treatment Works at Lochmaddy. The plant was designed and built offsite in preference to the original plan for a DAF works, which would have required extensive construction work on the island. Despite being the largest plant of its type to be commissioned in the UK, its modular nature meant the entire plant could be transported by road and ferry. Winner: NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP – WATER POVERTY ERADICATION MODELLING To achieve its aim to eradicate water poverty across is supply areas by 2030, Northumbrian Water Group established its Water Poverty Eradication Modelling (WPEM) in 2018 to provide intelligence via innovative use of cutting-edge machine learning techniques and toolsets to channel the company's ocean of big data. WPEM has been used to determine NWG's current water poverty landscape; identify patterns and trends; provide sustainable analytical models; and deliver predictive analytics to drive business decisions and increase customer engagement. DFMA Project of the Year What the judges said: "This project looks at an important area and has emerged with an effective and worthwhile solution - it ticks all the boxes." What the judges said: "An excellent example of DfMA and the benefi ts it can produce. This entry really told a story of success." Sponsored by 7

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