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Veolia Water Technologies UK

Veolia Water Technologies (VWT) provides an unrivalled combination of capabilities in the UK for the treatment of water, wastewater, sludge and odour. VWT provide turnkey solutions from feasibility studies, design and build and supply and installation of packaged treatment solutions, through to the extension or refurbishment of existing water and wastewater facilities.

The company’s investment in Research & Development focuses on developing the most innovative solutions for its municipal and industrial clients, while at the same time considering the environmental challenges being faced. VWT’s goal is to develop sustainable and technologically superior solutions that balance the demand for efficient and cost effective technology whilst protecting the environment by looking at energy consumption, carbon emissions, odour pollution and safe guarding water quality.

With over 125 years of experience in the UK, VWT is able to draw upon an unsurpassed knowledge of traditional and innovative solutions in order to meet the demands of both industrial and municipal clients.

Performance is measured by the global satisfaction of VWT’s customers. Their technical creativity is reflected by a prestigious track record of extensive references in the UK and across the world supported by operational experience. A partnership with VWT provides the unique benefits of technical excellence, innovation, reliability and a trusted partnership.

VWT offers a range of proprietary technology for applications to treat Drinking Water, Wastewater, Sludge Treatment, Odour Treatment and Industrial Effluents.

Horsham New WwTW (2024)

Southern Water’s multi-million pound upgrade to boost the water quality of the River Arun and cater for the significant growth forecast

Witches Oak WTW: Green Recovery - Decarbonising Water Resources (2024)

The challenges of designing and constructing the Witches Oak programme of works on multiple sites to a condensed timescale

Roundhill & Lower Gornal STWs (2023)

Roundhill Sewage Treatment Works (STW) is a large wastewater treatment site in the Severn Trent region serving Stourbridge and the surrounding area. It treats a flow to full treatment (FFT) of 1781 l/s and a population equivalent (PE) of around 300,000. The works was extensively rebuilt around the year 2000, with the large rectangular biofilters […]

Witches Oak WTW: Green Recovery - Decarbonising Water Resources (2023)

In the summer of 2020, the water industry was set a challenge by its regulators to identify ways to support the country’s green economic recovery from Covid-19. Severn Trent responded with a number of proposed programmes, including Decarbonising Water Resources (DWR), the subject of this paper. The objective of the DWR programme was to provide […]

Hailsham South WwTW (2022)

The town of Hailsham in East Sussex has been experiencing significant housing growth in recent years. To accommodate local housebuilding targets and protect the environment, Southern Water has invested £30m to upgrade the Hailsham North and Hailsham South Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTWs) using innovative technology. Upgrading these works was necessary to comply with a stricter […]

Affinity Water Metaldehyde Removal Project (2020)

Affinity Water own and operate a crucial and long-standing water treatment works which is situated to support the north London water supply infrastructure. Any shortfall in the production of treated water leads directly to the need for importing water from a neighbouring water company. Four groundwater sources are combined and treated at site, all of […]

Bolton-upon-Dearne WwTW (2020)

Bolton-upon-Dearne Wastewater Treatment Works serves approximately 25,000 customers in Rotherham. Faced with an Environment Agency consent to reduce ammonia at the works, Yorkshire Water has undertaken a £12.3m, 14-month project to construct a brand new inlet works and install a new treatment process that will greatly improve the quality of water being released back into […]

BRP - Treated Water Project - Birmingham Resilience Project (2020)

Raw water has been collected in reservoirs in the Elan Valley in Wales and transferred 118km under gravity through an aqueduct to the water treatment works (WTW) in Birmingham for treatment and distribution to the city’s residents and industries since the beginning of the 20th century. The original infrastructure was constructed over 100 years ago, […]

Oldham & Royton Integrated Strategy (ORIS) (2020)

United Utilities is the regional water company for the North West of England, delivering water and wastewater services to 7m people from Cheshire to the Scottish border. Oldham WwTW and Royton WwTW are two major wastewater treatment works located in Oldham, to the north east of Manchester. The Oldham and Royton Integrated Strategy (ORIS) project […]

Woolston WwT Scheme - Part 5 (2020)

In October 2020, the finishing touches were undertaken at Woolston Wastewater Treatment Works, completing Southern Water’s £100m scheme to transform its works in Southampton, Hampshire. From the waterside, the new age space-like silver cladding that dominates the site is a much different picture from how the site has looked over the last few years when […]

BRP - Treated Water Project - Birmingham Resilience Project (2019)

Since the beginning of the 20th century, raw water has been conveyed 118km from the Elan Valley in Wales, under gravity by aqueduct, to the water treatment works (WTW) in Birmingham for treatment and supply to the population of the city. The aqueduct has been in continuous service for over 100 years and requires some […]

Boughton STW (2019)

Boughton STW is a medium sized sewage treatment works serving a population equivalent of approximately 13,000 located about 8 miles south-east of Worksop in Nottinghamshire. As part of Severn Trent’s commitment to the Water Framework Directive (WFD) to improve the quality of waterbodies in the region within AMP6, Boughton STW was highlighted to accept a […]

Woolston WwT Scheme - Part 4 (2019)

Woolston WwTW uses a conventional activated sludge plant (ASP), built in 1966, treating sewage flows from part of the Southampton conurbation, serving a population of approximately 62,000 people. The site occupies an area of 1.26 hectares. The existing sewerage system which feeds into the WwTW collects both wastewater and stormwater from the Woolston catchment area. […]

Affinity Water Metaldehyde Removal Project (2018)

One of Affinity Water’s long-standing water treatment works (WTW) is to be upgraded following successful completion of industry leading research and development trials. By utilising a pioneering new technology, Affinity Water will be able to continue to deliver a high quality supply of water for customers and communities whilst continuing to operate a robust treatment […]

BRP - Treated Water Project - Birmingham Resilience Project (2018)

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the Elan Valley Aqueduct (EVA) has conveyed raw water 118km from the Elan Valley in Wales under gravity to Frankley Water Treatment Works (WTW) in Birmingham. The treatment works was inaugurated at the same time as the EVA and has treated water, to supply the residents and industries […]

Irton WTW (2018)

Yorkshire Water’s Irton Water Treatment Works (WTW) is located 5.5km southwest of Scarborough in North Yorkshire. The WTW abstracts water from an aquifer via numerous boreholes and supplies two local service reservoirs; Springhill and Low Mount, which feed Scarborough and the surrounding area. Demand profiles are seasonably variable. The site has an abstraction licence for […]

North Wales Sludge Strategy & Five Fords AAD (2018)

Welsh Water set out its vision in its Sewage Sludge Strategy 2040 how it intended to deal with the number one waste management challenge all water utility providers face, the sustainable management and disposal of wastewater sludges. With ever tightening nutrient and heavy metal limits on agricultural usage, and more pressure than ever for companies […]

Woolston WwT Scheme - Part 3 (2018)

Built in 1966, Woolston Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) uses a conventional Activated Sludge Plant (ASP) to treat sewage flows from part of the Southampton conurbation. Serving a population of approximately 62,000, the site occupies an area of 1.26 hectares. The existing sewerage system which feeds into the WwTW collects both wastewater and stormwater from the […]

Oldham & Royton Integrated Strategy (ORIS) (2017)

United Utilities is the regional water company for the north west of England, delivering water and wastewater services to 7m people from Cheshire to the Scottish border. Oldham WwTW and Royton WwTW are two major treatment works located in Oldham, to the north east of Manchester. The Oldham and Royton Integrated Strategy (ORIS) project combines […]

Woolston WwT Scheme - Part 2 (2017)

Built in 1966, Southern Water’s Woolston WwTW uses conventional activated sludge plant (ASP) to treat sewage flows from part of the Southampton conurbation, serving a population of approximately 62,000 people. The site occupies an area of 1.26 hectares. The existing sewerage system which feeds into the WwTW collects both wastewater and stormwater from the Woolston […]

Ballynacor Sewage Lagoon Project (2016)

Project Omega is a 25 year Public Private Partnership contract issued by Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) to upgrade, operate and maintain existing wastewater treatment works (WwTW) and wastewater pumping stations (WwPS) at a number of locations across Northern Ireland, equivalent to approximately 25% of the province’s wastewater treatment capacity. The contract also provides a […]

BRP - Treated Water Project - Birmingham Resilience Project (2016)

Frankley WTW is located to the south west of Birmingham city centre. It is the primary water treatment works supplying potable water to the city of Birmingham. The Elan Valley Aqueduct (EVA) is a 118km gravity aqueduct that conveys raw water from the Elan Reservoirs in mid Wales to Frankley WTW. The Elan Reservoirs are […]

BRP - Trimpley WTW Trials - Birmingham Resilience Project (2016)

As part of the Birmingham Resilience Project, Severn Trent Water has been investigating process solutions to treat the River Severn water at the existing Frankley WTW. The current dissolved air flotation (DAF) and rapid gravity filter (RGF) plant was designed to treat the Elan Valley Aqueduct water (EVA), a relatively clean soft upland reservoir source. […]

Macallan WwTW (2016)

The Macallan owners, Edrington, have commissioned an iconic new distillery and visitor centre which will see the distillery transformed into a beautifully designed architectural building that embodies The Macallan’s uncompromising approach to quality and luxury. Over time the distillery will also deliver additional capacity to meet the growing global demand for the world famous Macallan […]

Woolston WwT Scheme - Part 1 (2016)

Construction works are now in their second year on Southern Water’s £63 million environmental improvement scheme to redevelop and completely modernise Woolston WwTW. (The first year of the Woolston WwT Scheme was detailed in the 2015 edition of UK Water Projects). The existing works uses a conventional activated sludge plant (ASP), built in 1966, treating […]

Woolston WwT Scheme (2015)

Work has started on a £63m environmental improvement scheme to redevelop and completely modernise Woolston WwTW. The existing works uses a conventional activated sludge plant (ASP), built in 1966, treating sewage flows from part of the Southampton conurbation, serving a population of approximately 62,000 people. The site occupies an area of 1.26 hectares. The existing […]

SIRION Advanced RO Systems

Advanced premium reverse osmosis energy efficient solutions for the production of highly purified water

AnoxKaldnes™ MBBR (2022)

Increasing the environmental credentials through effective wastewater treatment prior to its discharge into nearby natural environments

Hubgrade (2022)

Digital solution enables wastewater treatment assets and networks to be optimised in real time

AQUAVISTA Plant - Meeting Modern Wastewater Challenges (2019)

The next Asset Management Period (AMP7) will introduce a new focus on lowering expenditure, reducing costs to the customer, developing long term solutions and meeting more stringent quality standards. A significant part of meeting these objectives will be ensuring facilities are operating in the most efficient way. Continual advances in technology, including the ongoing growth […]

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