Wastewater digestion technology originally developed by Anglian Water in the UK is set to play a central role in one of the largest wastewater treatment upgrades in the world, following its selection by Sabesp for major treatment plants in São Paulo, Brazil.

With a new report published last week by the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee on PFAS recommending ever-tighter regulatory restrictions, a timely article from Dale Foster and Adrian Heneghan at HUBER Technology discusses how sludge drying technology has a key role to play in the water companies’ toolkit.

United Utilities has gone out to tender with an AMP8 contract for lithium trace testing of Anaerobic Digesters with a total estimated value of £1.5 million including VAT.

Thames Water has launched a market engagement exercise seeking supply chain input from the wider water sector on the design and manufacture of an innovative Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment system. 

United Utilities is due to submit plans in the coming weeks for the development of a new Advanced Anaerobic Digestion (AAD) facility at its Blackburn wastewater treatment works  which will help the company increase the amount of renewable energy it generates.

The Environment Agency has published a policy paper setting out its strategy to enable safe and sustainable sludge use on land.

 “SAS (Surplus Activated Sludge) is a bit weird and can do odd things,” says Stuart Chatten, Lead Bioresources Technician at Whitlingham Water Recycling Centre (WRC), one of Anglian Water’s principal centres for processing sewage, serving a population of 400,000.

Southern Water is seeking further supply chain input for its proposal to consolidate seven existing sludge treatment centres into three new "super-sites" - known as the Kent Bioresources Project.

United Utilities has submitted a planning application for the first phase of a ten-year plan that will transform how the wastewater of more than a million people in Greater Manchester is treated.

Cranfield University is involved with three projects recently awarded funding from Ofwat’s Innovation Fund Water Breakthrough Challenge. Winning a share of £42 million in funding, the projects will focus on solutions to some of the water sector’s biggest challenges.