Know-how from WCS Environmental Engineering has been chosen by United Utilities to ship organic remedy at a brand new wastewater remedy works.

The UK utility is investing £8.2 million within the new facility within the village of Chipping within the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, a capital undertaking designed to handle the realm’s current and future inhabitants progress. As a result of full in summer season 2024, the brand new works can even enhance water high quality in Chipping Brook, a tributary of the River Ribble, which flows by the Yorkshire Dales Nationwide Park.

WCSEE has offered eight Hybrid-SAF™ – submerged aerated filter – models to function secondary remedy for organic oxygen demand (BOD) and ammonia elimination. The models have been put in in spring 2023 and configured in 4 streams to finest match the footprint of the positioning, which is able to serve a inhabitants equal of two,000.

As soon as reside, the models will be capable of deal with a most movement of 25 l/s, whereas sustaining compliance with environmental allow necessities of 8mg/l ammonia and 45mg/l BOD.

WCSEE utility supervisor Andrew Haywood stated, “We’re extremely proud our Hybrid-SAFs have been chosen to offer an necessary stage of organic remedy on the new website in Chipping.

“The tried and examined know-how is already efficiently delivering sturdy organic remedy at different United Utilities websites. Modular in design and constructed offsite, the models can be utilized in works of any dimension, together with the place area and entry is a matter.

“This was a key profit at Chipping, the place eight models have been in a position to be configured in 4 streams, making finest use of restricted area. We stay up for the know-how being commissioned subsequent yr.”

Modular in design, with a 30% smaller footprint than comparable applied sciences, WCSEE’s Hybrid-SAFs are constructed offsite and may be transported simply. The patented course of know-how employs a submerged moving-bed, fixed-film reactor, confirmed to deal with wastewater with better vitality effectivity in comparison with conventional submerged SAFs.