Government plans to help safeguard protected sites & build responsibly
Robert White
In July, the Government set out plans to help safeguard England’s precious protected sites by driving down nutrient pollution, and secondly allowing for the construction of sustainable new homes for families across the country.
The Government’s new plans will fast track measures to drive down nutrient pollution in hotspot areas while unlocking homebuilding across the country, including a new legal duty on water companies to upgrade wastewater treatment works by 2030 in ‘nutrient neutrality’ areas to the highest achievable technological levels. Technologically advanced, efficient, and sustainable solutions to the problem of nutrient pollution are therefore needed more than ever before.
Plantwork Systems NUTREM® process is a unique, compact, and efficient BNR (Biological Nutrient Removal) process which has been developed specifically to overcome the current nutrient pollution issues being faced in the UK and around the world.
The process offers a reliable and robust solution to nutrient removal, using purely biological treatment but requiring a much smaller footprint and consuming less energy than more traditional BNR systems.
The standalone system can be easily implemented at new housing estates where linking to the nearest wastewater facility has become a planning obstacle. Not only does the NUTREM system have a small footprint, but it is relatively inexpensive and virtually odour free so can be located discreetly.
The system offers industry leading levels of phosphorus and nitrogen removal allowing housing developers to meet Government standards whilst concurrently building developments swiftly to meet population demands.
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Link to Government article – Click here.
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 cost to be spread
● high quality effluent capable of re-use without tertiary treatment
● virtually odour free process
● no corrosive by-products
Article by Robert White, PWS Managing Director