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A-Consult Ltd

A-Consult specialise in providing solutions for the storage and handling of liquids in the agricultural, water industries and industrial sectors. Established in 1986 we have successfully constructed over 10,000 tanks throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.

Aqua-Tank provides a safe, cost effective method of containment with numerous applications within the water, waste and industrial sectors.

Guaranteed factory-controlled quality combined with a robust structure along with tried and tested design principles, offer life expectancy previously only achieved with cast in situ installations.

A-Consult are the market leaders in the design, manufacture and installation of precast concrete storage tanks.

SETTLEMENT TANKS

Settlement tanks can be supplied with either an integrated concrete coping top which supports the travel of either a full or half bridge scraper. Tank sizes range from 4.0m diameter to greater than 50.0m, designed to allow backfilling, enabling access to M&E equipment such as scraper bridge, motor and travelling wheels. Incorporating the patented EPDM jointing seals, the post tensioned settlement tanks can be designed to accommodate pipe work entries through the precast wall panels. Design and constructed to BS8110 and BS8007 and compliant to all relevant Euro Codes.

FILTER TANKS

The A-Consult tank system has been used to construct many types of filter tanks. The tanks can be designed as water retaining structures if necessary, with letter box opens to facilitate the trickling filtration systems.

PROCESS TANKS

In such a volume related sector the A-Consult precast concrete tank system offers extensive flexibility in both tank diameters and wall heights. Diameters start at 4m and increase in increments of approximately 350mm, wall heights start at 2m and increase in increments of 100mm topping out at 12m.

STORAGE TANKS

A-Consult tanks have been used for the storage of many different materials on both wastewater treatment plants along with sewage treatment plants. All materials used in the construction of our tanks are DWI or WRAS approved allowing the storage of potable water.

LEACHATE TANKS

With a 50-year design life the A-Consult precast concrete tank system offers a cost effective and robust solution to many process and storage applications.

Burnley WwTW Catchment Strategy (2024)

Case study 4: Delivering river water quality improvements to Pendle Water and River Calder through an integrated catchment solution

Guildford STW (2024)

The challenges of constructing a new sewage treatment plant on an historical landfill site

Melton Mowbray STW (2024)

Construction of a new EBPR process stream operating in a UCT configuration and updating existing assets to improve the quality of the effluent

Burnley WwTW Catchment Strategy (2023)

The Burnley integrated catchment scheme is one of United Utilities’ (UU) largest AMP7 projects with a value of £77m. The project is being delivered by UU’s construction delivery partner (CDP) framework by Advance-plus, a joint venture between MWH Treatment, J Murphy & Sons (JMS) and Stantec UK. The project commenced in 2020 and through two […]

Stithians WTW (2023)

Upgrading the existing water treatment process with GAC and UV treatment to meet long term taste and odour targets

Alderney WTW (2023)

In 2015, Bournemouth Water was acquired by Pennon Group, who already owned South West Water (SWW). Alderney WTW, located in the north of Bournemouth, is a strategically important water treatment works that supply high quality drinking water to approximately 375,000 customers – nearly 75% of the homes and businesses in Bournemouth Water’s operational area. Alderney […]

Littlehempston WTW (2023)

Littlehempston is a large complex potable water treatment works located near Totnes, South Devon, which has multiple river and reservoir sources. It supplies circa 78,000 properties to an area that includes Torbay, Newton Abbot and Kingsbridge. The original treatment works comprises flat bottom clarifiers (FBC) and rapid gravity filters (RGF), with an additional process stream […]

Guildford STW (2023)

Guildford Borough Council (GBC) are progressing with the development of approximately 41 hectares of brownfield land located along the west bank of the River Wey as it runs through central Guildford and north through Slyfield Industrial Estate. Guildford Sewage Treatment Works (STW) lies within this land and requires relocation in order to enable the development […]

Beckton STW (2023)

Beckton Sewage Treatment Works (STW) is the United Kingdom’s largest STW serving a population equivalent of over four million. The AMP7 project is a major £185m investment to increase the site’s treatment capacity for growth, by a population equivalent of 200,000, by extending the existing activated sludge plant (ASP). Beckton STW will receive stormwater from […]

Horwich WwTW (2022)

Advance-plus, a joint venture between MWH Treatment, J Murphy & Sons and Stantec UK, are currently delivering a project at Horwich WwTW on behalf of United Utilities. The project is required to deliver the Environment Agency’s Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) and takes into consideration future population growth based on a 2035 design horizon. […]

Burnley WwTW Catchment Strategy (2022)

The Burnley Integrated Catchment Scheme is one of United Utilities largest AMP7 projects with a value of over £60m which commenced in 2020. The project is being delivered by Advance-plus, a joint venture between MWH Treatment, J Murphy & Sons and Stantec UK; United Utilities’ framework construction delivery partner (CDP). In UK Water Projects 2021 […]

Burnley WwTW Catchment Strategy (2021)

Burnley WwTW serves a domestic population equivalent (PE) of 107,115 plus trade load. The existing site processes include screening and grit removal, primary settlement, activated sludge plant (ASP) with final settlement, nitrifying filters, chemical dosing and storm storage tanks. The sludge treatment facilities include sludge thickening, THP, mesophilic anaerobic digestion (MAD), associated ancillaries and sludge […]

Ashbourne STW (2021)

Ashbourne Sewage Treatment Works (STW) in Derbyshire serves a population equivalent of 48,259 from both domestic customers and a high trade load, primarily from poultry processing. There has been a works in this location since the 1930s, with existing processes including inlet pumping, 2mm fine screening, grit removal, primary settlement, secondary treatment through an oxidation […]

Cropwell Bishop STW (2019)

Located to the south-east of Nottingham, Severn Trent Water’s Cropwell Bishop Sewage Treatment Works (STW) serves 700 residential premises in the village and a number of local businesses, including the Cropwell Bishop creamery, which contributes a significant phosphorous loading to the catchment. It also receives pumped sewage flows from the adjacent village of Cropwell Butler. […]

Earl Shilton STW (2019)

Earl Shilton Sewage Treatment Works (STW) is situated in south west Leicestershire and serves a population equivalent of 11,833 comprised mainly from domestic sources from Earl Shilton and Barwell. There has been a STW in this location since the 1960s and the current process workstream includes preliminary treatment, primary settlement, secondary filtration, secondary settlement and […]

Northcombe WTW GAC Scheme (2018)

Located near Okehampton, Northcombe WTW supplies a large region of North Devon including Barnstaple, Bideford and South Molton. The works supplies over 88,000 customers, with around half of these relying on Northcombe as their sole supply of water. As standards for water quality change, South West water (SWW) has been issued a notice by the […]

Hayle STW - Inlet Refurbishment Works (2018)

Hayle STW is located at the end of the Hayle estuary in West Cornwall approximately 7 miles east of Penzance.The area immediately surrounding Hayle STW has a small population made up of St. Erth Village. The site itself is located within a large plot bordered to the north by the West Coast Main Line, and […]

Bellozanne STW (2018)

Jersey is the largest of the Channel Islands and is a Crown Dependency located off the coast of Normandy, France. The island is governed by the States of Jersey (SoJ) which has responsibility for the management of the Island’s finances and operation of its public services. Jersey does not sit within the European Union but […]

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