NUTREM® – the way to go for the UK wastewater industry
Robert White
The UK public, using rivers for activities ranging from sports and swimming to fishing, risks falling ill from bacteria in sewage and slurry. Chemicals, plastics and an excess of nutrients are choking the water, threatening our rich biodiversity of plant, fish and insect life.
(source: Environmental Audit Committee report January 2022)
The Challenge for Water Companies
Water utility companies are already under severe pressure from regulators to meet ever-tighter discharge consents, often with creaking infrastructure and old or overloaded wastewater treatment plants.
Throughout England and Wales, water companies have promised to invest £4bn by 2025 to reduce sewage leaks. The water industry, agriculture and commercial sectors urgently need better solutions and more effective environmental returns for their investment.
Biological Nutrient Removal is an effective wastewater treatment solution which removes phosphorus and nitrogen from wastewater before it is discharged to the water system, without any need for chemicals.
What Can Be Done?
Plantwork Systems’ products and processes demonstrate a powerful example of the kind of integrated solutions that are needed to reverse the unacceptable trend.
Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) is an effective wastewater treatment solution which removes phosphorus and nitrogen from wastewater before it is discharged to the water system, without any need for chemicals.
Water engineers understand the importance of BNR but have found implementation to be too expensive and intrusive on space, with unacceptable downtime periods detrimental to the running of the plant.
We at Plantwork Systems have adapted these processes to retain and improve the environmental benefits, whilst reducing the cost and footprint.
Our technology – NUTREM® – brings the whole process into the 21st Century at a very competitive cost.
The Ideal Solution
With NUTREM®, water companies, commerce and developers get industry-leading nutrient removal in an environmentally sustainable way, at the same time as offering a number of cost benefits. NUTREM® has an innovative modular construction, requires a smaller footprint than other options, consumes less energy than more traditional BNR systems, with lower capital expenditure and lower operating costs.
All this makes NUTREM® ideal for new waste and sewerage developments, expansion of existing plants, new housing schemes, garden villages and a range of larger developments.
The key advantages of the NUTREM® process over alternative solutions are:
Industry-leading level of Total Phosphorus (TP) removal (below 0.25 mg/l)
Industry-leading level of Total Nitrogen (TN) removal (below 5 mg/l)
Ability to meet 0.1mg/l TP with the addition of tertiary filters
No dosing requirements
Effective in all seasons (i.e. including weak sewage strengths)
Lower capital expenditure
Lower operating costs
Smaller footprint, with resulting cost saving
Modular and scalable, allowing costs to be spread
High quality effluent capable of re-use without tertiary treatment
Virtually odour-free operation
No corrosive by-products
Call On Our Expertise
We stand ready to offer our extensive technical expertise and unique experience to create, supply and promote innovative bespoke products and services to both the wastewater treatment industry and the commercial sector to meet these increasing challenges.
The NUTREM® process is just one example of the technology we have at hand – which can be adapted to any specific plant requirement.
Get in touch with Robert White, Managing Director for a chat or a detailed presentation (on-site or virtual as required).
Tel: 0800 310 2073
Email: robert.white@plantworksystems.com
Article by Robert White, Plantwork Systems Managing Director