Water & Wastewater Treatment Magazine
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www.wwtonline.co.uk | WWT | FEBRUARY 2018 | 7 SILVER LINING: Wessex Water has become the first company in the UK to deliver a pressure main liner to the new international standard for cured-in-place pipes under pressure. The liner was installed inside a defective rising main at the company's Christchurch sewage treatment works near Bournemouth. QUOTE OF THE MONTH "These are exciting times for the bioresources industry. We think that a competitive market has an incredibly valuable part to play in getting the most out of the energy and nutrients in bioresources and passing financial benefits back to customers." George Taylor, wastewater director at Wessex Water, a er the company published data about the volume and thickness of bioresources produced at its sewage treatment works Irish Water has welcomed the direction from An Bord Pleanála to grant consent, subject to conditions, for its planned upgrade of its Vartry Water Treatment Plant. Treated water from Vartry provides drinking water for 200,000 people through Wicklow and up to south Dublin. Irish Water secured planning permission from Wicklow County Council in November 2016 to upgrade the Vartry plant, but the consent was subsequently appealed by third parties. The decision by An Bord Pleanála follows an oral hearing in June and a two-year public consultation process with local stakeholders, public representatives and statutory authorities. 30% The increase in the number of daily jobs completed by Northumbrian Water's Meter Field Services team following a pilot for a new automated planning system. The potential to expand to other parts of the business is also being investigated a er the Meter Field Services team reduced the average number of jobs outstanding from between 1,000 and 1,500 to just 60. Additionally, the per- trip travel time has dropped from a 16-minute average to 13 minutes, while journeys of more than 30 minutes have been reduced by 15%. The automation has also meant that manpower in planning has reduced from being an individual's full-time job to 45 minutes a day. GOOD MONTH FOR… Wastewater treatment specialist WPL, which has won three utility framework contracts – two from United Utilities and one from Anglian Water. The project for United Utilities' Silloth wastewater treatment works on the Cumbrian coast involves installation of a 10,000-population-equivalent plant comprising 20 WPL Hybrid-SAF (submerged aerated filter) units. A six-way flow-splitter, two large duty-standby blowers and two existing ST1000 steel SAF tanks complete the deal with UU's Tier 1 partner C2V+ - a joint venture between CH2M and VolkerStevin. A similar project is underway at Anglian Water's Stanbridgeford WwTW in Luton, with the installation of 12 Hybrid-SAF treatment units, which has been agreed with Barhale, part of Integrated Operational Solutions, Anglian Water's framework alliance. BAD MONTH FOR… Wolverhampton-based Beronhill Ltd, which has been fined £120,000 for dumping chemicals into Severn Trent's sewers. The company pleaded guilty to charges of breaching limits for cyanide, zinc and chemical oxygen demand (COD) at Wolverhampton Crown Court. The judge decided the breaches were a deliberate act and fined the company £120,000, with another £60,000 in costs, for its actions. The chemicals dumped into the sewers eventually ended up at Severn Trent's Barnhurst Sewage Treatment Works in Oxley, where the company had to deal with the issue. GETTING STARTED NUMBERS The Talk: roundup