WRc’s 4^th Innovation Event on 28^th April saw a record number of attendees drawn from all sectors of the water industry, including water companies and the wider supply chain.

Keynote speakers including Ofwat, Thames Water, Wessex, South Staffs Water and Scottish Water will shortly discuss a range of key issues surrounding the uptake and implementation of smart water technologies at this month’s upcoming Smart Water Systems conference in London.

Over the last 5 years Huber Technology have been working closely with the AD industry to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs, and have worked successfully with many leading operators and designers  of food waste AD plants including Tamar Energy , Biogen, Andigestion and Shanks Group.

During AMP5 it has become evident from discussing solutions with the water companies and their consultants and contractors that packaged solutions, built off-site have significant benefits when delivering projects. 

Severn Trent Water is to install a Huber Technology size 2 Disc Thickener at its Itchen Bank Sewage Treatment Works.

Whilst workers from a landmark building in Canada are at home sleeping, Landia’s pumping and mixing equipment is at  work removing highly concentrated sewage at a flow rate of just 2.2 litres per second from a 31,000 litre cistern.

Thousands of homes and properties in the UK could be protected from river flooding by a ‘supersized’ engineering solution, which uses proven principles of vortex flow control technology to deliver carefully-engineered flood protection, while creating biodiverse landscaping and wetlands.

Specialist UK hose manufacturers Puresil-Techniflex have developed a new range of large bore potable water hoses which have recently received WRAS approval.

Huber Technology recently completed a large £1.2 million project at Duncrue Street, Belfast. The project consisted of supply of equipment and mechanical installation to the Inlet works. Huber Technology worked extremely closely with the main contractor Graham Construction and Northern Ireland Water.

The Basingstoke Canal has contracted with Aquamatix, pioneer of the Internet of Things in water, to provide real-time monitoring and control of water resources, to allow the public to access information about the canal, and to reduce energy consumed by canal operations.

The Middle East is fertile ground for the deployment of advanced emission control technologies designed to ensure that key industries can offer improved environmental protection whilst sustaining economic growth.