Europe’s leading wastewater conference which takes place on 16-17 July in Birmingham will see practitioners, managers and researchers meet to hear about the latest technologies, share operational experience, practical solutions and find solutions to the challenges facing the industry.

Over 200 wastewater professionals will discuss the needs and interests of the European water industry at the upcoming European Wastewater Management Conference.

Industry experts will be making more than 50 technical presentations, alongside 30 companies showcasing their products and services at the exhibition which accompanies the conference.

Key issues the conference will cover include:

• Phosphorous removal strategies, including Severn Trent Water’s phosphorus removal strategy delivered by MacDonald Bentley
• Initial commissioning experiences of meeting lower ammonia and total phosphorus permits
• Challenges of total nitrogen removal
• Microplastics in wastewater: responsibilities and challenges
• AMP 7 requirements and challenges - capital delivery challenges for the water industry
• Emerging contaminants, including targeted treatment of antibiotics and other pharmaceutical residues
• Removal of pharmaceuticals from hospital wastewater and municipal wastewater effluent
• Process control and optimisation to continuously optimize chemical usage and meet effluent phosphorus permit compliance levels for major utilities in the UK
• A systems thinking approach to asset optimization – Improving the real-time operation of sewage systems and wastewater treatment plants to improve and stabilize performance, reduce OPEX and deliver low-build solutions
• Process modelling and design development of a novel effluent aeration project at Mogden STW based on a water quality model for the Upper Thames Tideway
• Constructed wetlands in the urban landscape / achieving wetland ecosystems services where space is limited

Attendees will also have the opportunity to make a site visit to Severn Trent Water's Hulland Ward Wastewater Treatment works - an innovative constructed Wetland that treats raw wastewater (including sludge) in a two- stage vertical flow constructed wetland treatment system.

Click here for more information about the European Wastewater Management Conference 16-17 July, The Hilton Birmingham Metropole, UK