Water & Wastewater Treatment Magazine
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38 | JUNE 2018 | WWT | www.wwtonline.co.uk The Knowledge Supplier news Providing safe drinking water in emergencies around the world Aquabox provides a rapid response to natural disasters and refugee crises, enabling people who are on the very edge of existence to have access to safe drinking water. Since start-up in 1992, Aquabox has responded to desperate needs in more than 50 countries around the world, providing safe drinking water and humanitarian aid, and helping to save thousands of lives. And we're still responding to those desperate needs today. Aquabox is run and staffed almost entirely by volunteers, and the funds we raise go straight to our life-saving work. Here in Britain, we take safe drinking water for granted – but around the world, there are millions of people who can't. Aquabox is a registered charity no 1098409 www.aquabox.org Check our website to find out how you can help our vital work. CP-Aquabox-130x180ad.indd 1 02/05/2018 17:37 W astewater systems and solutions pro- vider Jacopa is enter- ing the UK and Ireland tertiary treatment market with a range of high-performance, low- operating cost, cloth media tertiary filters for wastewater treatment. The move marks a water- shed for the company as it consolidates and builds on its wastewater treatment exper- tise to provide a one-stop-shop for wastewater treatment products and services. The FFP fixed plate cloth media filters are manufac- tured by American company Fluidyne, an established in- novator in filtration technolo- gies which supplies waste- water process equipment and technology across the world. The FFP filters are recognised internationally as an ideal Yorkshire Water is planning for a new-construction Aero-Fac system to replace the existing Withernsea Wastewater Treat- ment Works. Gurney Environmental says its Aero-Fac technology can be installed for significantly less Capex than typical activated sludge works, can operate at up to 85 per cent Opex costs, and thereby result in far great- Sulzer has launched a new range of sewage grinders, called the Muffin Monster and the Channel Monster. Sulzer says its submersible sewage pumps type ABS XFP with a Premium Efficiency mo- tor and the Contrablock Plus impellers offer some of the market's highest hydraulic ef- ficiencies and feature superior solution for phosphorus re- moval in wastewater treatment works, and have a wide range of further applications. The deployment of tertiary treatment processes to polish effluents, reducing concentra- tions of suspended solids, is well established and require- ments to achieve higher stand- ards is leading to increased interest in priority substance removal including phospho- rus, putting more reliance upon tertiary treatment to maintain compliance with ever tightening consent standards. er long-term sustainability. Withernsea WwTW, which serves nearly 15,000 people, is located close to the village of Hollym in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Due to significant levels of coastal erosion, the WwTW is now only 40 metres from a cliff and needs to be re- located. A new sewer and sea outfall pipe are also needed to enable the new site. rag handling capacity. However, due to the grow- ing rag content in modern wastewater, the company is now offering a range of power- ful sewage grinders to deal with the extra challenges. The Muffin Monster is suit- able for smaller pumping sta- tions and the Channel Monster for larger ones and headworks. Jacopa enters tertiary treatment market Gurney Environmental wins order from Yorkshire Water Sulzer launches sewage grinders