Programme

6th European Waste Water Management Conference & Exhibition 9-10th October 2012, The Point, Lancashire County Cricket Club, Manchester Supported by DAY 1 – Monday 9th October Asset Optimisation Why business need to invest in research and development Price, T., Xylem Water Solutions UK Ltd, UK Are back end solutions back to front? Koodie, T.1, Bowman, L.1, Pearce, P.2, Jarvis, S.2, Bancroft, L.2 and Foster, D.2, 1Black & Veatch, UK, 2Thames Water, UK Water and wastewater assets: better, faster, cheaper, smarter …. Thasarathar, D. and Vaughan, D., Autodesk Limited, Ireland Upgrade of Newcastle, Co. Down – wastewater treatment works Madine, K., OVIVO UK Limited, UK Minimising whole life costs of mixing anoxic and anaerobic tanks Höfken, M.1, Steidl, W.1, Björndal, J.1, Bricknell, B.2 and Shaw, C.2, 1INVENT Umwelt- und Verfahrenstechnik AG, Germany, 2Corgin Ltd, UK Optimisation of assets by ultrasound to achieve lowest operation costs Neis, U.1,2, Nickel, K.1,2 and Vergara, L.3, 1Technical University of Hamburg and Harburg, Germany, 2Ultrawaves GmBh, Germany, 3Ultrawaves Reactors Ltd, UK Energy Reduction Turning data into energy efficiency wisdom (it’s not what you know, it’s what you do with it) Nair, A.1 and Rothwell, N.2, 1MWH Global, UK, 2C3Global, UK Reducing energy – before or after commissioning? Conway, B., Boutling Group, UK Energy efficiency: global assessment of wastewater treatment plants Amiel, C.1 and Healey, K.2, 1Veolia Water, France, 2Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, UK A review of recent developments in aeration technology Shetty, C., MWH Global, UK Opportunities for renewable heat exploitation in wastewater and sludge treatment Horne, P.1, Macdonald, E.1 and Asaadi, M.2, 1SKM Enviros, UK, 2UKWIR, UK The Westworth-Flygt pumping system efficiency index Westworth, G., Xylem Water Solutions UK Ltd, UK The Energy Factor Concept (EFG) Geraats, B., Grontmij, Netherlands Approaches for energy reduction on the central wastewater treatment plant in the town of Roskilde Eriksson, T.H., Roskilde Utilities, Denmark Low Energy Treatment Options Aerated constructed wetlands: principles, performance and application Murphy, C., Hawes, P., Wallace, S.D. and Cooper, D.J., ARM Ltd, UK Potential of P. stratiotes and E. crassipes in removing Pb as single or mixed metals from simulated wastewater Tuah, P.M. and Zahari, N.Z.B., University Malaysia Sahab, Malaysia Nutrient reduction using macrophytes in swine water Nisiforou, O.1, Charalambides, A.G.1, Orfanides, S.2 and Kalogerakis, N.3, 1Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus, 2Fisheries Research Institute, Greece, 3Technical University of Crete, Greece, Innovations in low energy systems for wastewater treatment Tyrell, S., Dotro, G., Butterworth, E., Cruddas, P., Letshwenyo, M.W., Whitton, R., Prieto Fort, R., Lynch, F., Walter, F., Danes, P. and Jefferson, B., Cranfield University, UK Industrial Wastewater Full scale treatment of high strength landfill leachates with complete nitrification and denitrification Robinson, H. and Carville, M., SKM Enviros, UK Optimal mixture ratio of leachate and urban sewage in synergistic treatment of ammonia stripping and A2/O process Zeng, X., Ding, W. and Wan, P., Chongqing University, China Development of a continuous process of adsorption coupled with electrochemical regeneration for the removal of aqueous organics Brown, N., Arvia Technology Ltd, UK Advanced control system to reduce N2O emission of a novel SBR process treating N-rich effluent via a nitrite pathway Lemaire, R.1, Chauzy, J.1, Veuillet, F.2 and Bigot, B.3, 1Veolia Water Technical Department, France, 2Veolia Environment Research Innovation (VERI), France, 3Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies, UK Microbial Assay for Risk Assessment (MARA) – a new innovative development for toxicity testing and Whole Effluent Assessment (WEA) of environmental discharges Dando, T.R. and Green, P.N., NCIMB Ltd, UK Significance of contaminant removal technologies in industrial wastewater treatment applications Sudheendra, S., FLAGSHIP EcoSystems Pte Ltd, Singapore The inhibition effect of copper on COD removal in a UASB reactor Sarioglu, M. and Bisgin, T., Cumhuriyet University, Turkey Efficient treatment of high-strength food waste leachates using an Upflow Multi-layer Bio-Reactor (UMBR) Hong, T.1, Paik, B.C.2 and Kwon, J.C., 1London South Bank University, UK, 2Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea, 3Ecodium Ltd, Republic of Korea Zero discharge of wastewater from juice making industry using vermi-biofiltration technology Ghatnekar, S.D., Ghalsasi-Dighe, D.S. and Ghatnekar, S.S., Biotechnology Resource Centre, India DAY 2 – Wednesday 10th October Instrumentation, Process Automation and Control Process Automation & Control in the Water Industry – The drivers, opportunities and barriers Grievson, O., Water Industry Process Automation & Control Group Current and future innovation and efficiency priorities of European Water Utilities Cutler, S, Frost & Sullivan Tighter control meets tightened consents Sunner, N. and Cannon, J., MWH Global, UK SWIM – A standard information model for a smart water industry? Reynolds, L., Aquamatix, UK Control of wastewater treatment processes using real time data to provide maximum efficiency and robust compliance Thornton, A., Hach-Lange Ltd, UK Application of mathematical modelling to find energy saving operational methods to optimise a new variable energy tariff Mustovo, E., Trusense Predictive diagnostics: asset monitoring for the wastewater industry O’Brien, M., Mazier, S., McEwan, M., Perceptive Engineering Ltd, UK A process model for co-settling activated sludge works Robinson, D.1 and Lloyd, A.2, 1MWH Global, UK, 2United Utilities, UK The Iris Programme – Experiences of developing a cross company operational data and information management system Watts, C., Anglian Water, UK Experiences of monitoring the end of the pipe Hunter, C., Environment Agency, UK Chemical automation system Al-Qahttani, N., Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia Anaerobic, anoxic, aerobic sequencing for effective nitrogen removal in a carbon nutrient limited dilute wastewater Goronszy, M.C.1, Phaik, L.2, 1Bisasco Pty Limited, Australia, 2Sepakat Setiap Perunding Sdn Bhd, Malaysia The formation, removal and monitoring of Trihalomethanes (THMs) in Drinking Water Brown, M., Multisensor, UK The use of on-line trace metals monitoring systems in plant operation and control Whittaker, A., Cogent Environmental, UK Novel Process Options A new concept in wastewater treatment Usmani, S.Q.1, Le, M.S.2 and Semple, K.T.1, 1Lancaster University, UK, 2United Utilities, UK Experiences with the start-up and operation of two ANITA Mox plants Le Vallient, E.1, Christensson, M.1, Lemaire, R.2, Ekström, S.1, Bigot, B.3, Chan, A.A.4, 1AnoxKalnes AB, Sweden, 2Veolia Water Technical and Synergies Department, France, 3Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies, UK, 4Tekniska förvaltningen, Sweden HYBACS proved: initial performance data from the first UK installation at Ashbourne Vale, P.1, Biddle, J.2 and Thomas, D.2, 1Severn Trent Water, UK, 2Bluewater Bio, UK G-Turbo Energy efficient, low-footprint wastewater treatment for rural populations de Ferrente, R., HCDevelopment, Italy Treating process reject water using Amtreat process Bungay, S.1 and Collins, S.2, 1Helix ECL, UK, 2ACWA Services, UK New electroxidation process with nanostructured carbon materials Aglietto, I., SA Envitech a.s., Czech Republic A novel microbial fuel cell design for enhanced treatment of industrial wastewater and electricity generation Chipasa, K.1 and Leigh, T.2, 1UK-HERI, UK, 2atg UV Technology, UK AlumCASTM Nano-polymer coagulant/flocculant enhances anaerobic digestion in wastewater treatment for production of higher quality activated sludge for fertilizer and biogas applications Charko, S.J. and Robles, A.T., TR Research, Canada Improving Solids Capture and Use Best practice in wastewater design for solids capture and increased methane generation Robinson, C., Burt, D. and Sherman, R., MMI Engineering Ltd, UK Environmental performance of new wastewater and biosolids treatment routes compared to conventional ones Heimersson, S., Svanström, M. and Peters, G., Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Use of wastewater characterisation data to determine the impact of increased network storage on a wastewater treatment works Robinson, D.1 and Lloyd, A.2, 1MWH Global, UK, 2United Utilities, UK