This page provides links to the presentations made to the Forum at each of its meetings.
| 14th October 2020 | Presentation No.1 on AMP7 and the innovation landscape Lila Thompson – British Water |
| Presentation No.2 on the Use of BIM in the Water Industry James Leverton - AECOM | |
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Presentation No.3 on Data as a Service on the Water Industry Amir Cahn – SWAN Forum |
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| 24th June 2020 | Serious Gaming - Millbrook Mehdi Khoury of the University of Exeter |
| Covid4Sewers and wastewater-based epidemiology in the sewer environment Dragan Savic, KWR Netherlands | |
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Digital Communication in a time of crisis – A case study of using Whatsapp to collaborate and communicate. Karyn Georges, Isle Utilities | |
| 18th March 2020 | EBNet-and biomethanisation of CO2 in wastewater biosolidsdigestion Professor Sonia Heaven – University of Southampton |
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National Sludge Strategy. Barry Sheppard of the Environment Agency |
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| 16th October 2019 | SMART Plant: Developing low carbon technologies to recover resources from wastewater. Pete Vale, Technical Lead Innovation – Severn Trent Water |
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Anaerobic Digestion Certification Scheme. Viktoryia Nestserava – The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) |
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| 27th March 2019 | C-ION advanced oxidation process Ben Hazard – Process Engineer, Trant Engineering |
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EloVac/EloPhos Lewis O’Brien – Technical Director, Eliquo Hydrok Ulrich Knoerle – Senior Technologist, Eliquo Stulz |
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| 3rd October 2018 | Managing Water Resources to Best Protect Water Quality Dr Michael Hutchins – Water Quality Modeller, CEH |
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Overview of Drainage Wastewater Management Plans (DWMP) Tom Boichot – Practice Manager, Atkins |
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| 20th June 2018 | Dealing with unflushables in the sewer system Andy Drinkwater – Engineer (Sewerage and Flooding), WRc |
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Chemical Investigations Programme 3 Gill Bellamy - Advisor Water Quality, EA / Barrie Howe - Senior Advisor Water Quality, EA |
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| Pharmaceuticals in the Environment and Anti-microbial Resistance Jason Snape, AstraZeneca |
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| 14th June 2017 | Sources, pathways and receptors of microplastic pollution in the UK Tom Stanton, Research Student – University of Nottingham |
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Hot Microbubble Injection in Thin Layers for Ammonia – Water Separations Pratik Desai, Research Associate - University of Sheffield / Research & Innovations Manager – Perlemax Ltd |
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| 15th March 2017 | The Abundance and Sources of Microplastics in Freshwater Environments Dr Alice Horton, Research Associate – CEH |
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Dewaterability Estimation Test (DET) for Sewage Sludge Monitoring Prof Apostolos Antonacopoulos and Dr Blake Prime – University of Salford |
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| 25th November 2016 | Preparing for the impact of the Water Framework Directive” Geoff Cooper-Smith, Technical Director – Facilitated Research Ltd |
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Disinfection of wastes containing pharmaceutical residues” Dr Nigel Brown, Founder – Arvia Technology Ltd |
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| 21st June 2016 | Nereda® – An innovative technology for cost-effective, energy efficient and sustainable wastewater treatment Dr Andrew Thompson, Technical Manager – HaskoningDHV UK |
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Shepherd Managing the Floc – Novel use of pressure measurements for real-time monitoring of Activated Sludge Derek Price, Founder, Bactest Ltd |
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| 8th March 2016 | Flexible Permitting Barrie Howe, Senior Advisor – Water Quality, Environment Agency |
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Statistical Modelling of Anaerobic Digestion for Process Optimization and Benchmarking Professor Stephen Smith, Director Environmental Engineering MSc Programme, Imperial College |
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| 3rd November 2015 | The effects of urban growth on downstream water resources Dr Michael G. Hutchins, Catchment Water Quality Modelling, CEH Wallingford, and Prof Steven Loiselle, Senior Freshwater Research Manager, Earthwatch |
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FOG - forget size: it's the distribution that matters - time to reconsider separators Martin Fairley, Research Director, ACO Technologies plc & PhD candidate Cranfield University |
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| 19th June 2015 | The Many Faces of the Chemcatcher Passive Sampler Dr. Adil Bakir, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth |
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Nutrient Platforms Tim Evans FWR & Tim Evans environment |
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| 25th March 2015 | Nutrient sources and fates in rural streams; can agri-environment schemes improve water quality? Mike Bowes, CEH |
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Intelligent Wastewater Networks Oliver Grieveson, Anglian Water |
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| 30th October 2014 | Phosphate capture technologies Dr Ana Soares, Yorkshire Water Lecturer in Biological Engineering, Cranfield Water Science Institute, Cranfield University |
| Wastewater wetlands' life expectancies could double Dr. Robert Morris, Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University |
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| Investigation into the performance and suitability of low range hydrogen sulphide monitors for background and boundary monitoring” Dejan Vernon, Thames Water |
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| 9th July 2014 | FlocFormer – the best floc for every dewatering task Dr. Christian Schröder, aquen aqua-engineeringGmbH |
| Rapid determination of sewer serviceability using acoustics Richard Long, Director of Technology, Acoustic Sensing Technology (UK) Ltd Mike Faram, Consultant - Technology & Innovation, Acoustic Sensing Technology (UK) Ltd |
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| Remote sensing for the water industry Stuart Clough APEM Ltd |
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| 6th March 2014 | Polishing effluents and recovering value with algae Dr Daniel Murray, Director, Industrial Phycology |
| Waste and Surface Water Measurement using a Microwave Meter Phil Wood and Martin Croft, Dynamic Flow Technology and Vasiliki Koutsospyrou, Loughborough University Philadelphia suite of Surface Water Innovations |
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| Crowdsourcing priorities for urban water pollution measures Tom Bradbury, Defra |
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| 30th October 2013 | Research Programme at Sheffield Prof. Simon Tait, Sheffield University |
| Misconnections Ian Myers, Environment Agency, Technical Advisor Misconnections Campaign Misconnections should be dealt with |
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| 18th July 2013 | Water Industry Process Automation & Control Oliver Grievson, Anglian Water Water Industry Process Automation & Control Group. |
| Water, we use it but we don't use it up Mark Tonkin, Design Technology + Innovation |
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| Steps towards a connected, autonomous world of intelligent water Things. Laurie Reynolds, Aquamatix WaterWorX from AquamatiX is a connected platform for an Internet of (water) Things; it is built on ThingWorX |
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| 21st March 2013 | Microbial Fuel Cell Research Group (NEWMFC) Prof. Tom Curtis, Professor of Environmental Engineering, Newcastle University |
| Predicting Algal Growth Under Climate Change on the Upper Thames Dr Mike Hutchins, CEH |
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| The Future Direction of UKWIR Dr Hans Jensen |
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| EU End of Waste Criteria for Treated Biodegradable Materials Tim Evans, TIM EVANS ENVIRONMENT and Stephen Smith, Imperial College |
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| 1st November 2012 | Accounting for phosphate inputs to water – septic tanks and other sources Dr Linda May, Deputy Director, Water Programme, CEH, Edinburgh |
| Reinventing the toilet Prof Andrew Wheatley, Water Engineering, Loughborough University |
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| 2nd July 2012 | Pipe lining to reduce plumbosolvency - an alternative to phosphate dosing or pipe replacement Keith Walker, Morrison Utility Services |
| Pharmaceuticals in water Richard Williams, CEH |
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| Preparing for the 2nd cycle of the WFD - the twin challenge of phosphorus and iron Pete Vale, Severn Trent Water, Senior Strategist - Wastewater R&D |
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| The Principal Global Macroeconomic Risks to 2050 and their consequences for UK water industry Investment and Operations Steve Palmer, MWH |
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| 1st March 2012 | Impact of Wastewater Treatments on Removal of Noroviruses from Sewage Rod Palfrey, WRc |
| Surface water management and urban green infrastructure in the UK: benefits and challenges Prof. Richard Ashley, University of Sheffield, University of Bradford, UNESCO IHE Delft Flood Resilience Group and Lulea Technical University, Sweden |
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| 3rd November 2011 | Rainwater harvesting for stormwater management - Proof that it works Richard Kellagher, HR Wallingford |
| Engineering Nature’s Way [for rainwater] Alex Stephenson, Hydro International |
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| EoW for compost and digestate Workshop at JRC Seville 25th October 2011 Tim Evans, TIM EVANS ENVIRONMENT [represented EWA] |
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| 30th June 2011 | Feedback from the BlueTech Forum, 1st June 2011, San Francisco Tim Evans. |
| 10th March 2011 | Acid-stimulated biological phosphorus removal (ASBPR) Dr John McGrath, Queen's University Belfast, School of Biological Sciences, Medical Biology Centre. |
| Report of EC Workshop of the Technical Working Group for the development of End of Waste Criteria – Biodegradable Waste Subject To Biological Treatment Seville, 2nd March 2011 Dr Ioannis E. Alexiou – represented EWA. |
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| 24th November 2010 | Carbon Sequestration in landscapes Howard Wood, Landscape & Environmental Services Ltd |
| The impact of upland land management on flood generation Neil Mcintyre, Imperial College, London |
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| 15th European Biosolids & Organic Residuals Conference Nigel Horan, AquaEnviro and Leeds University. |
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| 15th July 2010 | Retrofitting of Therm-Liner into sewers Brian Hickland, International Sales Manager, Uhrig Kanaltechnik GmbH |
| Retrofitting green infrastructure for rainwater - what's stopping us? Dr Tim Evans, Technical Secretary to the Forum |
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| Review of ‘emerging’ organic contaminants in biosolids and assessment of international research priorities for the agricultural use of biosolids Prof. Stephen Smith, Imperial College |
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| 16th March 2010 | Integrating
floodplain management through an ecosystems framework Professor Joe Morris, Professor of Resource Economics and Management at Cranfield University |
| Surface Water Management Plan for Thatcham Brian Cafferky, WSP Group |
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| National
SUDS Standards project and the National
Pluvial Screening Project in Ireland Richard Kellagher, HR Wallingford |
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| 25th November 2009 | Increasing the efficiency of treating the water recovered at wastewater treatment works (WwTW) with ultraviolet (UV) light Clare Warren of Optima Design Services Ltd and Bob Goodman of Xcel Systems |
| Maximising the Value of Biogas James Newton of Mott MacDonald |
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| Biological transformations that happen in sewers Dr Catherine Biggs, EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow and Reader, Dept. Chem. & Process Eng. University of Sheffield and Dr Henriette Jensen |
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| 7th June 2007 | FWR WaPUG workshop on modelling runoff Jamie Margetts of Clear Environmental Consultants Ltd representing WaPUG |
| 6th March 2007 | Retrofitting SuDS Dr Virginia Stovin, Pennine Water Group, University of Sheffield |
| The future for stormwater management Professor Richard Ashley, Pennine Water Group, University of Sheffield |
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