Water & Wastewater Treatment Magazine
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www.wwtonline.co.uk | WWT | NOVEMBER 2017 | 5 DEEP DIVE: Marine civil engineering specialists ABCO Marine are carrying out an inspection of 26 sewer outfall pipes along the coastline for Yorkshire Water. The routine work will inspect the condition of the pipes at 13 loca- tions between Mappleton and Staithes, that stretch up to three kilometres out to sea. Scottish Water has completed its largest solar panel scheme to date in Speyside. The installation of 4800 photovoltaic (PV) panels, costing £1.2M, sits alongside two borehole sites in the whisky-making area of the country, and has been put in by Scottish Water Horizons, a wholly owned subsidiary of the utility. It is expected to generate 1GWh of energy per year. QUOTE OF THE MONTH "When we look at the challenges of growth and climate change, the opportunities of digitisation and the way it allows us to predict, automate and optimise, becomes less and less of a nice thing to have and more and more of a fundamental requirement." Thames Water CEO Steve Robertson at the Utility Week Congress event on October 11 Irish Water and Louth County Council have turned the sod to mark the start of the Ardee Sewerage Scheme, a €7.5 million (£6.7M) scheme to increase the capacity of the existing Wastewater Treatment Plant in Ardee. The works will assist economic development by allowing for ongoing business and housing expansion in the town and surrounding areas. The existing wastewater treatment plant is currently at maximum capacity and the work, once completed, will ensure the Ardee plant meets Environmental Protection Agency discharge requirements. The works will take approximately 18 months to complete. 15 The number of commitments made by Thames Water in a newly-released plan to minimise the number of bursts on trunk mains. The Trunk Mains Strategic Review includes plans to put certain risky trunk mains under 'intensive care' in order to reduce the danger of them bursting. £35M the amount being invested by Severn Trent in phosphorus removal at Finham Sewage Treatment Works near Coventry. The utility is putting in CoMag equipment to make sure it meets removal targets for P at the site. GOOD MONTH FOR… The University of Bath, which has developed new 'water fingerprinting' technology to test a city's water which could soon be helping the fight against infectious diseases and antibiotic resistant 'superbugs' such as E. coli. The university is taking part in an international collaboration with Stellenbosch University (South Africa) to develop a real-time community-wide public health early warning system (EWS) by measuring biomarkers – molecules made by the body that characterise disease and illness – in the sewage system. BAD MONTH FOR… Cambridge Water, which saw written complaints soar by nearly 250% – the biggest rise of any water company – and 'unwanted' contacts rise by more than 37% - according to a CCWater report. MD Phil Newland said he was disappointed by the figures and that the company was working hard to improve performance. CCWater has asked the company to report by the end of October on the steps it has taken to improve its service. GETTING STARTED NUMBERS SUNNY SIDE UP