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REGULARS

EDITOR’S NOTE 2

NEWS 4
PRODUCT FOCUS 40
DIARY /AD INDEX 40

HEADLINE

LEADER FOCUS: HAYA WATER 8

Oman has made huge strides in reusing municipal water
for multiple applications. The next challenge is to convince
12 farmers. One man leading the charge is Suleiman Al Qasmi.

TECHNOLOGY CASE STUDIES

ANALYSIS: ANAEROBIC TREATMENT 10

Industrial food and drink producers are increasingly turning
to anaerobic processes as an emerging technology of choice.

DAY ZERO IN CAPE TOWN: DELAYING THE INEVITABLE 12

Day Zero – when water will be switched off in Cape Town –
has been pushed back but it’s still only months away.

WASTEWATER TO ENERGY: ACHIEVING THE HOLY GRAIL 18

Certain wastewater facilities have instaled novel wastewater
to energy technology, even achieving complete self-sufficiency.

SMART WATER: WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2018 23

18
Digitalisation is morphing utilities as isolated suppliers into
connected service providers. Find out why.

DESALINATION + RENEWABLES: A LONG ENGAGEMENT 27

Bringing together renewable energy and desalination has been
discussed at length without any major breakthrough. Why?

SHOW PREVIEW

IFAT 30
Water, wastewater and solid waste exhibition IFAT is back
this year even bigger and better than before. We take a look at
some of the key highlights visitors can expect to see from their
bi-annual pilgrimage to Munich, Germany.

PRODUCTS & TECH UPDATE

SENSORS AND METERS 40

27 A round-up of the latest developments in meters, sensors and
other technology developments.

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EDITOR’S NOTE Tom Freyberg, Chief editor

PUTTING CAPE TOWN

INTO PERSPECTIVE
The looming threat of ‘Day Zero’ in Cape Town has been an eye-opener around
the world but also highlights the stark differences in global water supply.

R
eporting on the Cape Town water crisis in South Africa has been both eye-opening and
challenging, especially when trying to write a longer article for the magazine. It doesn’t
help that ‘Day Zero’ – the day when taps to the public will be shut off – keeps changing.
Described by officials as a “moving target”, Day Zero was originally predicted to fall on April
12. However, with conservation efforts improving across the city, it was then moved back to
May 11, before being moved to June 4 and the latest is July 9 (at the time of going to print).
Inevitably, between writing this and the magazine reaching you, the situation could well have
changed again!
The threat of ‘Day Zero’ has been a stark wake up call around the world. It has raised the
question of how can a major city in the modern era infact run out of water? As you can read
from our analysis on page 12, there are a lot of reasons but the primary answer is politics.
IF YOU HAVE TO Other nations around the world have proven that the engineering capability is there to
build a robust water supply, whether this includes desalination or water reclamation, so this
WAIT FOR A WATER situation doesn’t happen. Take Israel, Singapore and Windhoek, Namibia.
The fact remains that evidence has been available for some time showing the population in
CRISIS TO HIT Cape Town has been increasing, while dam levels are dropping. If you have to wait for a water
crisis to hit before taking action, then quite frankly, it’s too late. Scrambling for temporary
BEFORE TAKING solutions is just putting a band aid on a flesh wound - eventually you are going to have face the
ACTION, THEN situation and plan for the long term.
Should Day Zero happen in July, then Capetonians will need assistance. The maximum
QUITE FRANKLY, allocation will be 25 litres of water per person, per day. To put that into perspective, it takes on
average upto 15 litres to flush a traditional toilet once so this isn’t going to go very far. The
IT’S TOO LATE. water will be available from 200 points of distribution across the city but the logistics behind
people collecting 100 litres for their families of four, on average, could lead to complete chaos.
While Day Zero discussions will no doubt continue for a long time, elsewhere certain
utilities are progressing to such a stage with their wastewater treatment plants that they have
reached the Holy Grail of wastewater treatment: self-sufficiency. One page 18 you can read
our latest update looking at projects in Denmark and the UK where the operators have
actually generated more energy than they need.
Finally, as you will have seen on our cover, this is our bi-annual IFAT event preview edition
– take a look at our special section starting on page 30. Our video team will once again be
attending the Munich event so I look forward to catching up with many of you over a cold
weißbier, or three! Enjoy the issue.

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WORLD NEWS

1 US: KENTUCKY
Kentucky American Water has ac-
quired the water assets of Eastern
Rockcastle Water Association
in Livingston, Ky., in Rockcas-
tle County. The transaction
adds approximately 610 water
customers in Rockcastle and
Jackson counties to the Kentucky
American Water system. The
acquisition of the system expands
the company’s total service 1
area to portions of 14 Kentucky
counties. Nick Rowe, president of
Kentucky American Water said
the company will bring additional
resources for water infrastructure
investment.

2 MOROCCO 3 UAE: DUBAI 4 OMAN

Biwater has completed the
construction of a new waste-
water treatment plant that will
serve 60,000 local residents and
existing hotels in the town of
Aourir, Morocco. The plant has
also been built to cater for future
needs with a design horizon
of 2030 and a total treatment
capacity of 19,000 m3/day. Key re-
quirements for the project were
strict odour control processes
and the tertiary treatment of
wastewater for reuse applica-
tions.
Acciona Agua, together with Bel-
hasa Six Construct (BeSIX) will
construct the Jebel Ali Sea Water
Reverse Osmosis (RO) project.
The US$237m contract was
awarded by the Dubai Electricity
and Water Authority (DEWA) for
the 182,000 m3/day desalination
development. DEWA plans to
decouple water desalination and
power production. Currently only
5 percent of Dubai’s desalinated
water supply comes from RO
but the Emirate state aims to in-
crease this to 41 percent by 2030.
Spanish firm Aqualia has
secured a contract to manage
the operation and maintenance
of water services for the Port of
Sohar, including a 20,000 m3/day
desalination plant. The deal was
secured with the Oman Invest-
ment Fund public company,
Majis Industrial Services in a
joint company called Oman Sus-
tainable Water Services (SAOC).
Initially it will start with the
seawater intake and will extend
the service to other processes in
the Port of Sohar installations.

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10 UK
United Utilities has recruited a sniffer dog to help in
the endless battle against water leaks. Called Snipe,
the 16-month old cocker spaniel has been specially
trained to help him learn how to recognise chlorine
traces. The story follows Southern Water recruit-
ing ‘Hector the bloodhound’ to sniff out fatbergs
and Australian utility Water Corporation has been
training dogs to smell water when there is a potential
break along underground mains.
9 IRELAND
Utility Irish Water has started work on an €80
million upgrade to the Ringsend Wastewater
Treatment Plant, the largest in Ireland. The capacity
upgrade is one part of an overall investment of €400
million by Irish Water into the site. Subject to plan-
ning permission, the overall upgrade project will
enable full treatment of wastewater for the equiv-
alent of 2.4 million people, meeting all foreseeable
development needs to at least 2025.

8 RUSSIA
Specialists of Peter the Great St.
Petersburg Polytechnic Univer-
8 sity (SPbPU) have developed
a solution for complex water
purification which they claim
can improve or in some cases
10 replace the process of disinfec-
9
tion with chlorine. The developed
equipment is an electrolysis unit
producing an innovative reagent
of sodium ferrate. Ani Petkova,
2 chief researcher of the Labora-
3 tory “Mechatronics” of SPbPU,
6
4 explained that sodium ferrate is
capable of decomposing many
toxic chemicals into low-toxic
7 products, as well as destroying
microorganisms.

5 SOUTH AFRICA 6 TAIWAN 7 INDONESIA

South African electricity public
utility, Eskom, has started oper-
ating a mobile groundwater de-
salination plant to supply water
for its 1860 MW Koeberg nuclear
power station. The company said
the mobile unit will “take care of
the station’s water needs”, thus
easing the pressure on the City
of Cape Town’s water supply. The
looming threat of ‘Day Zero’ in
Cape Town had originally been
moved forward to April 12 due
to a drop in dam levels. This has
now been moved back to July 9.
Formosa Petrochemical Cor-
poration’s desalination plant
has received an initial approval
following an environmental
impact assessment. The Taipei
Times reported that Formosa is
now awaiting a further review
to “request the Environmental
Protection Administration (EPA)
to relax certain regulations”. The
planned 105,000 m3/day develop-
ment will take wastewater from
the Mai-Liao Power Corporation
in Yunlin County and reuse it for
industrial applications.
PDAM Tirtanadi, the Water Cor-
poration of the Province of North
Sumatra has awarded SUEZ a
contract for the extension of the
drinking water production plant
in Medan, the third largest city in
Indonesia. The extension of this
BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer)
contract will be for a period of 25
years and is worth €191 mil-
lion, including the funding, the
building, the operation and the
transfer of two additional water
production units for the Medan
plant.

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VODAFONE JOINS HUAWEI TO FLEX IOT
MUSCLE IN WATER UTILITY SPACE
Telecommunications giant Vodafone is eyeing
up the water utility market as its next big
target to deploy internet of things (IoT)
based technology.
The company has been working with
utilities to test out its NarrowBand (NB)-IoT
solution to help connect water infrastructure
and gather more data to help improve daily
operations.
Speaking to WWi magazine on the
side-lines of the World Water Tech Summit in
London, Adam Armer, IoT global business
development & innovation manager at
Vodafone, said: “There is a change here [in
the water market]. We have new technolo-
gies coming into the field which will change
how the water industry is going to manage
itself, how it will address customers and how
it will be more efficient with the resources
that it has.”
While Vodafone has built up experience
with utilities in the electricity and oil and gas
markets, with 10 million connections, it is
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now ready to roll out new IoT networks
dedicated to the water market.
Armer added: “This new network is really
going to change the way that networks can
monitor devices in the field, whether that is
smart meters or flow meters, or environ-
mental sensors.”
As well as working with Victorian
government utility South East Water in
Australia, Vodafone originally started
working with Kurita Water Industries in
Japan.
Since the 1990s, Kurita started to deploy its
S.sensing system to monitor water treat-
ment data remotely, controlling chemical
dosing in real-time according to changes in
water quality.
Then in 2013 Vodafone IoT partnered
with Toshiba to work with Kurita. A secure
system was then developed that could
“digitally check water conditions in real-time,
anywhere in the world”, according to
Vodafone.
Meanwhile in Spain, Vodafone has been
working with Aguas de Valencia and most
recently utility EMASESA, which supplies
water to one million people in the city of
Seville and surrounding areas.
Carmelo García Santana, innovation
manager at EMASESA, told WWi: “Smart
water means two things: getting data more
frequently with a lot of parameters and
converting this data into intelligence...We
conducted a test in Seville and the results
have been satisfactory for us. We are
interested in turning this into a bigger
deployment.”
The developments from Vodafone
demonstrate how telecommunication and
new, software-based companies are entering
the global water utility market.
Another example is Chinese firm
Huawei, which is working in South Africa
with mobile network, MTN, to deploy its
NB-IoT solution to transmit data and
automatically collect utility meter data.
NASSAU
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construct the county’s first water recycling
facility at the Cedar Creek Water Pollution
Control Plant in Wantagh. The project is
expected to cost approximately $1.1 million
and be completed by January 2019. The cost
is expected to result in a net reduction of
the plant’s operating expenses by more than
$350,000 per year.
By reusing treated plant effluent, the
Cedar Creek plant will preserve up to 300
million gallons of groundwater each year. The
proposed plant instead will take water from
the screened plant effluent system and treat
it for solids removal and for high-level,
multiple-barrier disinfection using chlorination
and ultraviolet disinfection.
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CITIES ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO LEAD
WASTEWATER REUSE, FINDS REPORT
Major cities around the world are being
tasked to lead a “reuse revolution” to
dramatically help increase wastewater
treatment, reuse and recycling.
With 80 percent of all wastewater
discharged into rivers, lakes and oceans
untreated, it is leading to health and
environmental hazards, while contributing to
Greenhouse Gas emissions, according to a
new report: Wastewater: The reuse
opportunity. The report was launched by the
International Water Association and OFID
(the OPEC Fund for International
Development).
The global market for wastewater
recycling and reuse reached nearly $12.2
billion in 2016 and is estimated to reach
$22.3 billion by 2021.
The report focuses on eight cities, all
facing different water and wastewater
challenges and developing different solutions
to address them, and which could be applied
in other cities:
• Aqaba, Jordan: A mid-size city turning its
“zero discharge” challenge into a good
opportunity
• Bangkok,Thailand: Using wastewater as
a resource and a valuable economic good
• Beijing, China: Building infrastructure to
keep up with an ever-expanding mega city
• Chennai, India: Addressing water scarcity
through accelerated wastewater reuse
• Durban, South Africa: Treating
wastewater as an economic good
• Kampala, Uganda: Protecting its water
source with an integrated plan to control,
treat and reuse wastewater
• Lima, Peru: Learning by doing under the
urgency of shrinking glaciers
• Manila, Philippines: A mega city
regenerating resources through wastewa-
ter treatment and reuse.
Bangkok Thailand could use
wastewater as a resource.
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NEWS
Suleiman J Al-Herbish, director general of presents city roadmaps and identifies
OFID, said: “These are all cities in low- or priorities – as well as the benefits – of
middle-income countries where future meeting the Sustainable Development Goal
challenges will be more acute and the need target of halving the proportion of untreated
for change is urgent.” wastewater and substantially increasing
The director general added: “The report recycling and safe reuse by 2030.”
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TAKING WATER REUSE
HAYA ACROSS OMAN
Oman has made huge strides in reusing municipal water for cooling water and public
space irrigation.The next challenge is to convince farmers on its benefits. One man
F
or a city in the Middle East, Muscat is
surprisingly green. And much of this
greenery can be credited to the
establishment of the country’s water reuse
network: manufacturing clean water from
dirty to help engineer secure supplies and
keep the city watered. The responsibility of
this success comes down to Haya Water,
which was established in 2002 by the Omani
government. The name derives from the
Arabic word, hayat, meaning life, which
perhaps symbolises what the organisation is
trying to achieve: giving new life to used
water.
After signing a concession with the
government for 30 years, ending by 2036,
Haya Water successfully implemented
wastewater collection and reuse across
Muscat before being asked to roll out
services across the country.
We caught up with Suleiman Al Qasmi,
general manager of asset management, Haya
Water to discuss the next challenge facing
the organisation: convincing farmers on the
merits of reclaimed water.
Water & Wastewater International
magazine (WWi): Haya Water is
rebranding as a water reuse company.
Tell me about this journey you’re
going through?
Suleiman Al Qasmi, general manager of
asset management, Haya Water (SQ)
SQ: Haya Water started as a wastewater
company but then we realised the need for
the water reuse requirement across Muscat.
Initially we only started as a concession for
the Muscat area but we did really well and
the government appreciated that. They then
expanded our concession to cover all of
Oman, expect a small area in the south,
where there is already a private company.
We started in 2003 and since then we
have managed to expand all over – we have
a 50 percent connectivity in Muscat. Our
Master Plan budget is about three billion riyal,
(US$7 billion). We have a plan to achieve 80
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leading the charge is Suleiman Al Qasmi from Haya Water
percent connectivity by 2020. However,
because of the expansion in Muscat and
development in Oman, this may be delayed
to 2026.
We have big ambitions and are currently
exploring different types of business and
partnerships. We now have PPP (public-pri-
vate-partnership) projects where we are
looking for international investors to come
and work with us and implement some of
the systems.
WWi: From a technology point of
view, we have reported in the past
that Haya Water has adopted and is
using Membrane Bioreactor (MBR)
technology.The country also has had
success with natural reed bed treat-
ment for petrochemical produced
water?
SQ: In Oman we have very stringent
regulations in terms of water reuse. The
technology we used in Oman that could
meet our specification was MBR technology.
As you know, MBR is a very expensive
technology so we started doing R&D within
our company to explore a different type of
technology we can use to reduce CAPEX
(capital costs) and OPEX (operation costs)
within the company. One of the technologies
was reed bed – it was successful, and we
could meet type A regulations. The problem
with reeds bed, however, is the land – you
need to have large open areas, so it can’t be
implemented in Muscat.
WWi: A future development in
Oman will be the reuse of municipal
water for agricultural purposes?
SQ: I hope so! One of the problems we
have for water reuse is the tariff. A lot of
farmers do not like to pay for water because
they are sourcing their water from under-
ground aquifers. However, due to high
consumption we have high saline water
entering the system. Currently we produce
around 200,000 cubic metres of water per
day and we encourage the farmers to use
FEBRUARY-MARCH 2018
LEADER FOCUS
By Tom Freyberg
our water. Unfortunately, we only use 60
percent of that water. According to our
Master Plan, if we continue at this pace by
the year 2026 we will only be using 70
percent maximum. This is due to population
growth and no new water reuse projects. So,
the next target is farmers: they will have to
use our water. It will be good for them as our
produced water is rich in nutrients.
WWi:The standard of that water
exceeds what farmers are already
taking from the ground so it makes
sense?
SQ: Exactly. This will also help the country
in terms of food security. Instead of import-
ing lots of from outside the country, we can
grow food using the available water.
Currently, we are using the [reclaimed] water
for landscaping in Muscat. If you come to
Muscat you will see it’s a very green and
beautiful city. We pass the water also to golf
courses, all the parks in Muscat and it’s used
for district cooling. We also supply the water
for the one million palm tree project – cur-
rently 55,000 palm trees take the water from
us. We aim to provide water for 600,000
palm trees in the long-term.
WWi: It sounds as though there’s
plenty of opportunities for interna-
tional companies?
SQ: Yes - please come and work with us!
There are a lot of opportunities – there are
two billion riyals to be spent on these
projects – so there’s huge potential. We work
with companies from Spain, Austria, Korea,
Japan and China.
There are international companies coming
to Oman but still we need more. There’s
huge potential and there’s a big market in
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Tom Freyberg is chief editor of WWI
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 ANALYSIS

ANAEROBIC
TREATMENT: A GROWING APPETITE IN
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Industrial food and drink producers

T
here is growing interest in anaerobic
are increasingly turning to anaerobic treatment (AnT) of wastewater for
treatment processes as an emerging industrial processes, particularly for
technology of choice due to innova- food and beverage production. While it is
tive improvements. more expensive, it has a number of advantag-
By Steve Gluck es over its aerobic counterpart, including the
production of usable energy in the form of
biogas, lower energy demands, smaller
footprint and less sludge production.
However, as a technology AnT has often
been seen as complex, and vulnerable to
“shock loads”, in which the microbial
community at the heart of the process can
be damaged by sudden changes in the quality
of the incoming wastewater, for example pH
levels or FOG (fats/oils/grease) content.
Changes in chemical oxygen demand (COD)
can also be damaging. These kinds of swings
are very disruptive and are a common
problem in batch-orientated, industrial
processes such as food and beverage
operations.
Industries with high levels of COD in their
wastewater, such as dairies and brewing, and
Upflow with
Company Bioelectrochemical Attached growth Anaerobic MBR
coarse “filter’
Aquam
Cambrian
Innovation
NVP
Agrobics
Aqana
Headworks
International
Aquabio
ADI Systems
Pentair
Suez
Table 1: Newer AnT solutions by technology type
to some extent pulp and paper, are being
targeted by a range of younger, innovative
companies offering new twists on traditional
AnT.
WHO’S WHO
The most commonly used conventional AnT
solutions are the UASB (Upflow Anaerobic
Sludge Blanket) or EGSB (Expanded Granular
Sludge Blanket). This market is dominated by
the established players, including Pacques,
Nijhuis, HydroThane, EMG, Waterleau,
Evoqua, EnviPure, Econvert and Veolia’s
Biothane.
The conventional technologies are the
most dominant in the marketplace and have,
as should be expected, incremental improve-
ments on a relatively mature technology. The
biggest unmet needs are for upflow reactors,
and include instability with pH, FOG, salinity
or load changes, and design complexity
impacting capital and operating expenses.
Four technology domains offer the most
potential for breakthrough performance,
including the use of bioelectrochemical
technology, upflow reactors (which have a
coarse type of media to prevent overflow of
suspended growth), attached growth
reactors, and anaerobic MBRs (which work in
conjunction between mixed suspended
growth reactors and ultrafiltration or
microfiltration). These classifications are
shown in Table 1.
A particularly interesting company in
terms of addressing AnT’s pain points, is NVP
Energy, based in Ireland, which offers one of
the only solutions able to operate effectively
in cooler temperatures. Most methane-pro-
ducing bacteria can only operate at meso-
philic temperatures, i.e. in the 20-45°C range.
Colder temperatures reduce microbial
growth rates and increase methane solubility,
making it harder to harvest biogas.

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NVP claims to have solved this problem
by selecting specific psychcrotropic organ-
isms, which can process wastewater as low as
4°C, via its system design and operating
conditions, as well as supplying microbes
directly.
The company is planning a pilot installa-
tion in the second half of 2018 at a leading
UK wastewater utility to treat municipal
wastewater. This is a unique placement for
anaerobic treatment for ambient tempera-
ture municipal markets, and if successful,
could be a game-changer.
Another company that stands out is
Cambrian Innovation, which offers a fixed film
anaerobic biological treatment unit, augment-
ed by bio-electrochemical output to enhance
methane (microbial electrolysis cell technolo-
gy) conversion.
It offers wastewater treatment as a
service under a WEPA (Water-Energy
Purchase Agreement) – a Build-Own-Oper-
ate service agreement in which the client
pays only for the volume of water treated.
The company has four installations at
Lagunitas Brewing Company; Bear Republic
Brewing Company and Rombauer Winery, all
in California.
INDUSTRIAL CHALLENGES
All the “challenger” companies listed above
have the food and beverage market as a
target. Pulp and paper also represents a
market with similarly high COD wastewater,
Advanced R&D Pilot
Stage
Bioelectrochemical/upflow
Aquam
Cambrian
Innovation
NVP Energy
Fixed film
Agrobics
Aqana
Headworks
<5 years
International
Anaerobic membrane bioreactor
Aquabio
ADI Systems
Pentair
Suez Water
Technologies
and Solutions
Figure 1. Timeline of progress to next commercial development stage
for selected anaerobic technology companies
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but it may have too low capital to invest in
new equipment in the current industry cycle.
In addition, some chemical and pharmaceuti-
cal wastewater is amenable to these
technologies. The most common unmet
needs are: minimization of by-product solids,
rapid treatment, robust operation, energy
neutral or energy-producing and relatively
low cost to treat.
MARKET POTENTIAL
Although anaerobic wastewater treatment is
increasingly seen as a competitive option
versus aerobic treatment, the technologies
listed above have yet to take significant
market share away from upflow reactors.
However, given the sustainability drivers of
energy efficiency, carbon footprint and water
reuse, these new options will certainly help
expand the market adoption of anaerobic
treatment and possibly take some of the
growth away from upflow reactors. As with
major providers such as Evoqua, Veolia, and
Suez, these newer solutions may end up in
their portfolios as alternatives to existing
solutions. Indeed, although at a much earlier
stage, Fluence is pursuing early stage work in
new electrogenic bioreactors while Eisen-
mann offers an AnMBR (anaerobic mem-
brane bioreactor).
The food and beverage industry, taking
into account dairy, brewing, and meat and
poultry, represents an estimated $696 billion
in Europe and $415 billion in the US, while
Demonstration Early Early
Stage Adopters Majority
<5 years
5-10 years
5-10 years
<5 years
<5 years
<5 years
5-10 years
10 years
<5 years
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ANALYSIS
the pulp and paper industry represents $103
billion in Europe and $80 billion in the US.
Brewing generates approximately 161,000
and 386,420 tons of BOD per year in the US
and the EU respectively. Thus, the market for
anaerobic treatment should be strong in
industry, particularly new builds, to minimise
discharge loads to a municipality.
VERDICT
Anaerobic treatment continues to be a
treatment option with well-known benefits
and challenges. The growth of such equip-
ment has been limited in part by its
complexity and perceived lack of robustness.
Drivers for energy neutrality, water reuse and
decreased footprint, along with improved
stability are being addressed by the major
suppliers but also a growing number of
smaller companies, many of which are
beginning to gain commercial traction.
Most of these companies have had
commercial operations for under three years
and thus they are at the point of accelerated
growth should the market take hold.
Everyone working in anaerobic treatment
wants to deploy their technology in food and
beverage applications and in particular,
breweries followed by wineries, distilleries,
confectionaries and soft drink manufacturers.
Anaerobic MBRs have the most promise
for water reuse applications requiring reverse
osmosis, because of the high level of filtration
required for pretreatment. Nonetheless,
because some materials are not effectively
removed by anaerobic treatment, notably
ammonia, such applications may require
aerobic polishing. Whereas such a system
would add complexity, it also improves
treatment robustness.
For on-site treatment applications and
particularly those discharging to a municipal
plant, the attached growth or upflow systems
with the retaining media show the most
promise in competing with the incumbent
UASBs or EGSBs.
Nonetheless, a sophisticated customer
would prefer an incumbent with their ability
to manage such reactors. A new adopter,
seeking the robust and simpler technologies
could do well with some of the newer
companies.
Steve Gluck is the BlueTech technolo-
gy assessment group expert. The latest
Horizon Scan and Competitive Land-
scape Analysis report from BlueTech
Research on anaerobic treatment is now
available at inside.bluetechresearch.com
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DAY ZERO IN CAPE TOWN:
DELAYING THE INEVITABLE
The prediction for Day Zero – when
T
water will be switched off in Cape
Town – may have been pushed back
but it’s still only months away. How
did a major city in the modern era
reach this desperate stage and what
solutions will be required to secure
water supplies in the future?
By Tom Freyberg
12 WWINTERNATIONAL.COM FEBRUARY-MARCH 2018
1802WWI_12 12
he looming threat of ‘Day Zero’ in
Cape Town – the predicted day when
taps will be shut off across the city
– has set the alarm bells ringing around the
world.
It has raised the question of how a major
city in a modern era could infact run out of
water – a service that has historically been
taken for granted globally.
Day Zero had originally been moved
forward to April 12th due to a drop in dam
levels. However, described by officials as a
“moving target”, this was then moved back to
May 11, before being moved to June 4 and, at
the time of going to print, July 9.
Deputy Mayor Ian Neilson reportedly said
that Day Zero has been moved due to
“Capetonians reducing their water usage and
city’s efforts to bring down consumption. This
is very encouraging, but we cannot afford to
relax our efforts.”
From February, Capetonians were asked
to reduce water consumption down 50 litres
of water per person daily in an effort to
conserve supplies. Several reasons have
contributed to what is being considered the
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Western Cape’s worst drought in over 100
years.
Cape Town’s population has expanded to
over four million people in 2018 from 2.4
million in 1995, yet the city’s dam storage
meanwhile has only increased by 15 percent.
Furthermore, water consumption has
increased while the region has received
below average rainfall. Add a third dry winter
into the mix with insufficient conservation
efforts and the history leading up to Day
Zero becomes clear. Simply put: water
demand has outpaced water supply.
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INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTISE
In a statement, Ian Neilson, deputy mayor
previously said: “It is still possible to push back
Day Zero if we call stand together now and
change our current path.”
Currently a ‘Critical Water Shortages
Disaster Plan’ is being drafted for April.
Neilson said this “draws on international best
practices” and reflects “what other cities
around the world have implemented when
faced with extreme drought conditions”.
Meanwhile Helen Zille, premier of the
Western Cape, outlined plans for Day Zero
FEBRUARY-MARCH 2018
DAY ZERO ANALYSIS
in a column for the Daily Maverick.
She said: “As we begin the countdown to
Day-Zero, the ground has shifted. While we
must still do everything possible to prevent
this ghastly eventuality (and we still can if
EVERYBODY abides by the new water
restrictions of 50 litres per person per day),
my focus has shifted to overseeing plans for
the day the taps run dry – and the weeks
that follow.”
AGRICULTURAL DEMAND
One of the reasons behind Day Zero being
pushed back has been a decline in agricultur-
al water use. At the time of going to print,
agricultural water use had dropped from 50
percent of water released from Western
Cape dams, down to 30 percent. Importantly,
Neilson expects this could drop to less than
10 percent by April, with the sector reaching
its seasonal limit of water use.
However, some believe this could be a
case of ‘too little, too late’, with high
agricultural consumption in the past as one
reason why Cape Town is facing Day Zero.
Although the city of Cape Town has been
under pressure to implement water
restrictions, the “agricultural takings have
been less controlled”, according to Will
Maize, senior research analyst at Bluefield
Research.
Data from the city government shows
that while residential water consumption is
on target with planned usage, agricultural
usage has been above what was planned.
News24 reported that in 2015, nearly 40
percent of Western Cape’s water supply
went to agriculture, particularly long-term
crops such as fruit and wine, as well as
livestock. Although the local tiers of gover-
nance - Western Cape province and City of
Cape Town - went “above and beyond” to
prepare for drought, the system failed at the
“level of national government”, the report
said.
Cape Town resident Julius Steyn, CEO of
engineering company GrahamTek says efforts
are underway to cut water to farming
community but that it’s a complicated
process.
“Water to agriculture has been cut
significantly,” he told WWi magazine. “There
are national, long-standing contracts in place
with agricultural unions – so it’s not just a
matter of cutting off the water to the farming
community. Cut backs have happened to the
agricultural community, so they are using less
water than they would have used in
non-drought circumstances. In a sense, the
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agricultural sector is already suffering so you

can’t just go and cut the water off – they
have to get their allocated quota.”

DAY ZERO PLAN

If the Day Zero eventually is reached, the
following would happen.
One week before the six dams providing
water to the Western Cape Water Supply
System drop to 13.5 percent, a date will be
announced when all taps in Cape Town’s
residential suburbs will be cut off. This
excludes hospitals. From that point, municipal
water will only be available at 200 points of
distribution (PoDs) across the city, which will
be monitored by police and law
enforcement.
The maximum allocation will be 25 litres
per person per day, distributed on the
assumption that an average family comprises would have to carry 100 litres of their of the country, including the National
four persons. For larger families, proof of water allocation by hand – practically Department of Water and Sanitation
additional numbers may be needed through impossible - meaning the provision will have (NDWS), which maintains regulatory control
identity documents. to be made for transport. over agricultural water use.
Although the city is hoping that the Day Meanwhile, the city has made good
Zero situation will only last three months, POLITICAL PRESSURE progress with reducing water losses. In total,
Zille warned however that such plans could With questions being raised as to how the from 2012 pressure management and pipe
create a “logistical nightmare”, suggesting situation is being handled by local authorities, replacement efforts have provided Cape
that if every family sends one person to it’s important to note the political situation in Town an estimated 54,400 m3/day – a 7.1
fetch the water allocation, there would be the region. percent supply boost under normal
5000 people at every POD daily. The Western Cape is the only province in conditions. “The city has been successful with
City executive mayor Patricia de Lille has the country run by the Democratic Alliance, its pressure management improvements so is
previously said that these sites would be the official opposition party. Meanwhile, understandably dismayed at being dragged
extended or include 24-hour operations to South Africa’s ruling party, the African through the mud in the current situation,”
cater to such crowds. Furthermore, people National Congress (ANC) controls the rest says Maize.

11 CITIES MOST LIKELY TO RUN OUT OF DRINKING WATER LIKE CAPE TOWN

Cape Town is just the tip of the iceberg, according to the BBC, which compiled a list of 11 other cities which they
said are most likely to run out of water.

- São Paulo, Brazil: although a water crisis was classed as “finished” in 2016, in January 2017 the city’s main reserves were 15 percent
below expected for the period.
- Bangalore, India: the city’s antiquated plumbing needs an “urgent upheaval”, the BBC said. Half of the water supply is lost to waste.
- Beijing, China: 40 percent of the city’s surface water has been classed as polluted to the point of not being useful for agriculture or
industrial use.
- Cairo, Egypt: the UN estimates a critical water shortage in the country by 2025.
- Jakarta, Indonesia: with less than half the city’s 10 million residents lacking access to piped water, the illegal digging of wells is rife.
- Moscow, Russia: 25 percent of the world’s fresh water reserves are in Russia but the country is plagued by pollution following the
industrial legacy of the Soviet era.
- Istanbul, Turkey: the city’s reservoir levels declined to less than 30 percent of capacity at the beginning of 2014.
- Mexico City: the city imports as much as 40 percent of its water from distant sources and lacks large-scale water reuse programmes.
- London, England: the city is pushing close to capacity and is likely to have supply problems by 2025 and “serious shortages” by 2040,
according to the Greater London Authority.
- Tokyo, Japan: home to 30 million, Tokyo has a water system that depends 70 percent on surface water and rainfall is concentrated
during the just four months of the year.
- Miami, US: water from the Atlantic Ocean has contaminated the Biscayne Aquifer, the city’s main source of fresh water.

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DESALINATION PLANS
Meanwhile, GrahamTek has built a desalina-
tion plant to provide emergency supply
during Day Zero.
The US$2.1 million plant has already been
built, using reverse osmosis membrane
technology, and will be able to provide
between 2500 m3/day and 12,500 m3/day of
potable water. The company is in the
advanced stages of negotiation with
authorities to agree a location.
CEO Steyn says: “Day Zero will have a
huge economic impact on businesses, with
staff potentially having to take two to three
hours per day off work to collected their
allocated 25 litres.
“Our solution is two-fold: it will provide
local businesses with water, as well as staff for
their families, to avoid disrupting the working
day.”
The company has historically provided
utility-scale desalination projects with 80
percent of its project pipeline outside of
South Africa. For this latest development, it
has come up with a financial agreement for
local businesses to enable it to provide the
scaled down operation.
Commenting on the wider reasons for
the drought and Day Zero situation in Cape
Town, Steyn said it’s a question of “political
will, not the intelligence involved or available
capability”.
Several ideas have been discussed to
provide emergency water supplies during the
crisis. A combination of groundwater
Western Cape Water Supply System, Major Dam Levels, January 22nd of each Year
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extraction and small-scale desalination is
expected to provide between 120 million to
150 million litres per day.
Zille added: “As the drought is likely to
persist, we will have to go for large-scale
desalination in the years ahead, and we are
grateful to all those entrepreneurs and
consortia who have come forward to make
proposals in this regard. A feasibility study for
a $1.1 billion 450,000 m3/day desalination
plant for South African utility Eskom
concluded in 2016 but the plans have been
postponed to after 2025.
IT’S A QUESTION
OF POLITICAL WILL,
NOT INTELLIGENCE
OR CAPABILITY
“Cape Town was contemplating desalina-
tion for a long time but wasn’t willing to pull
the trigger due to high costs,” adds Maize.
For the short term, the City of Cape Town
lists seven projects to help secure alternative
water sources, including four desalination
projects (Cape Town harbour, Strandfontein,
Monwabisi and V&A Waterfront), two
groundwater projects (Cape Flats and
Atlantis) and a water reuse project (Zand-
vliet). However, all of the projects were listed
Usable Storage
22-Jan-16 22-Jan-17 22-Jan-18
behind schedule, apart from the V&A
Waterfront desalination development.
This temporary plant is expected to
provide 2,000 m3/day of water and is being
constructed on land made available to the
city by the V&A Waterfront at no extra cost.
MOVING FORWARD
Maaike Feltmann, is the programme manager
at the Netherlands Water Partnership
(NWP), which has helped to facilitate
cooperation between the Dutch and South
African governments, as well as advising on a
water master plan for the region.
Commenting on the Day Zero situation,
she told WWi magazine: “It’s a political issue
but I think the solution won’t be on the
political level but more with businesses in the
private sector who are going to provide
water for themselves, as was seen during the
energy crisis,” she says.
One of the challenges during Day Zero
will be the class differences in the region,
according to Maaike.
“The difficulty in this situation will be the
difference between the poor and rich,” she
adds. “Water is such a basic need and there
will be solutions for people who can pay for
it but people who don’t have the money to
provide for themselves will have a hard time”.
Commenting on the potential for
international collaboration and solutions, the
programme manager adds that “the City of
Cape Town is overloaded with offers and
suggestions from abroad, so it’s a very long
process”. She says: “On a B2B level, there are
organisations working together to see how
they can come up with decentralised water
supply systems.”
While decentralised solutions may
appease water demand in the short-term,
the prediction for the Day Zero situation has
reaffirmed the need for diversified water
supplies.
“Long-term planning processes require
re-thinking amidst an increasingly volatile
water cycle,” adds Bluefield Research’s Maize.
“Designing resilient water supply systems
requires diversification of water supply
sources; augmenting surface and ground
water supplies with desalination, and even
more-so, water reuse. It is also important
that regulators – from national to municipal
or city level, align policies to ensure that
conservation efforts are fair, equitable, and
apolitical.”
Tom Freyberg is chief editor of WWI
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THE WASTEWATER
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 WASTEWATER TREATMENT

A growing number of wastewater

facilities around the world have taken
steps to install novel wastewater to
energy technology - with some even
achieving complete energy self-suffi-
ciency. So, what have been the most
recent trends and developments in
this area?
By Andrew Williams

O
ne of the most interesting ongoing
initiatives in this area is a
ground-breaking project by the UK
utility Scottish Water, which has set itself the
target of achieving total energy at its Seafield
Wastewater Treatment Works - the largest
wastewater treatment facility in the east of
Scotland.
Since 2015, a team from the leading
resource management company Veolia has
been working to ramp up the capacity of the
Seafield site’s capability to generate its own
energy. Last year the firm reported an
impressive increase in the amount produced,
from 55 percent to around 85 percent of the
total requirement. This was achieved by
bolstering the renewable energy generated
from a combination of anaerobic digestion of
sludge and biogas fired combined heat and
power (CHP) plants. At a variety of separate
points throughout 2017, the company even
reports that ‘full self-sufficiency’ was achieved
- described as instances when the Seafield
facility required no electricity from the local
grid whatsoever.
These impressive results have been made
possible via the introduction of a number of
innovative measures, including the installation
of a cutting edge thermal hydrolysis process
- that the company claims has increased
biogas production by around 10 percent. This
is as well as investment in an additional CHP
unit to “provide greater energy generation
and to take advantage of the additional
biogas, and a further 3 percent increase in
the yield of biogas”.
The Seafield scheme forms a central part
of the AVSE (Almond Valley, Seafield and Esk)
project - a 30 year performance based
contract, awarded in 1999 to Stirling Water
Seafield under the UK Government’s Private
Finance Initiative (PFI) for the operation of a
number of Wastewater Treatment Works in
Edinburgh and the broader Lothian region.
In all, these facilities treat a total of 125
million cubic metres of wastewater treated
each year - and recycle some 60,000 tonnes
of waste sludge per annum.

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As Mark Keast, general manager of the AVSE (Almond Valley, Large scale: A total of 125 million cubic metres of wastewater is
Seafield and Esk) PFI at Veolia, explains, although the assets themselves treated each year at Seafield, with 60,000 tonnes of sludge recycled
are owned by Stirling Water Seafield over the contract period for
Scottish Water, Veolia is responsible for the operation of a total of 15
sites across Edinburgh and the Lothians. This includes five treatment
works, 11 storm water sites, one trunk sewer, one pumping station,
two combined heat (CHP) and power plants and two advanced
digestion plants.
“Taken together, the AVSE project area is equivalent to a popula-
tion of 907,000 and involves treating over 125 million cubic metres of
wastewater of wastewater each year. In addition to operating the 15
sites, Veolia was also required to improve operational efficiency
including regulatory and health and safety performance, communica-
tion and stakeholder engagement and financial and asset performance,”
says Keast.
Expansion: The investment at Seafield into an additional CHP unit
ADVANCED DIGESTION PLANT provided a 3 percent increase in the biogas yield
In facing up to the perhaps considerable challenge of managing such a
wide range of key objectives, Keast reveals that the Veolia strategy was
to move operations forward on a number of fronts. In the first
instance, he explains that this strategy entailed the full utilisation of all
the sites at its disposal and the enhancement of a combined heat and
power plant (CHP), as well as the construction of an advanced
digestion plant - developments which, taken together, have “provided
AVSE with valuable income streams.”
“Electricity is sold to the National Grid and reducing the disposal of
sludge has made significant savings of £2 million per year,” he says.
“Minimising asset management costs was also crucial. The process is
now proactive to ensure regulatory limits are not exceeded, thereby

reducing contract deductions. A focus on operational excellence has

also lowered costs by reducing downtime and lost man hours, with
an increase in productivity contributing around £1 million in
efficiency savings,” he adds.
In addition to these achievements, Keast reveals that Veolia has
also identified a wide range of key stakeholders in the project and
“actively engaged with them to build stronger community relation-
ships and to operate in a more transparent manner.” As part of this
process, a number of environmental initiatives have also been
implemented - with participation in the Carbon Reduction
Commitment (CRC) also resulting in improved carbon emissions
reporting, as well as “the best ever performance of the CHP plant,
the construction of an advanced digestion plant at Seafield, a review
of alternative means of power and the establishment of the East
Calder Biodiversity Project.”
“Converting waste sludge into a marketable product has enabled
Veolia to recycle 60,000 tonnes of waste sludge per year and
provide 30,000 tonnes of treated sludge for agriculture. Creative
use of waste products also maximises the project’s financial
opportunities and, thanks to the increased efficiency of the CHP
plant, it is now 85 percent self-sufficient in electricity,” says Keast.
“The AVSE carbon footprint was analysed to understand the
sources of its greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, a significant
number of environmental improvements have been made including
recycling aggregate from the transportation of materials, which has
reduced by 75 percent,” he adds.

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demand - and there are even plans to sell any excess power to the
local grid.
According to Menno Holterman, chief executive officer at Nijhuis
Industries: “The plant consists of Nijhuis proven technologies for
physical-chemical, aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment, active
sludge and tertiary treatment, to meet strict effluent requirements,
and will optimise the recovery of biogas and energy from the
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The Holy Grail: At a variety of points in 2017 the Seafield WWTP achieved full self-suffiency
water & wastewater at Danish company
Danfoss Drives, which was heavily involved in
the installation of energy efficient equipment
at the facility.
ENERGY NEUTRAL
In Warming’s view, the most interesting thing
about the Marselisborg initiative is that the
utility has approached the project with the
twin aims of achieving energy savings - both
in drinking water production and distribution,
as well as wastewater pumping and treat-
ment - and secondly increasing energy
production at the wastewater facility.
“This was also achieved with only the
household wastewater they receive from the
200,000 people - meaning that no wind, solar,
heat pump or sludge burning energy is
produced and no external sludge, FOG or
carbon is added to improve production,” he
says. Aarhus Water is currently also in the
process of upgrading facilities at Egaa,
another of its catchment areas containing
some 120,000 people. Interestingly, the
company expects the same performance
levels it achieved at Marselisborg, even
though the Egaa facility is only half the size.
Over the next few years, Warming
predicts that successful examples like these
will prompt the broader wastewater sector
to realise the “huge energy savings potential
in using a lot more online sensors combine
with VSD’s on all pumps and blowers’ - com-
bined with the help of smart process control
‘to obtain energy neutrality for the whole
water business.”
“The Danish government is aiming at
making the whole water sector in Denmark
completely energy neutral. We have seen
great interest both in EU but also in the US,
especially Chicago and California, and are
introducing the concept globally,” he adds.
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‘STEP CHANGE’
Looking ahead, Keast is confident that the
commercial prospects of wastewater to
energy initiatives of the type already
underway at Seafield and elsewhere will
continue to improve. In his view, this is
particularly the case because the water
industry is currently the fourth most
energy-intensive industry in the UK - using
approximately 3 percent of UK generated
electricity for pumping, water treatment and
waste management and responsible for
around 1 percent of the country’s greenhouse
gas emissions.’
Against the background of such high levels
of consumption, he believes that the challenge
for the next decade or so will be to ‘move
towards energy self-sufficiency, cut carbon and
exploit all the opportunities for customer-con-
trolled energy.’
“Harnessing the potential of seven million
tonnes of human waste each year will become
a vital strategy to meeting these challenges,”
he says.
In helping to capture this potential, he
Mads Warming at the Marselisborg WWTP that produces 134 percent more energy than is needed
highlights the fact that Anaerobic Digestion
(AD) and Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
technology is “advancing rapidly” - with gas
cleaning systems, lean-burn engine-based
CHPs and thermal hydrolysis “already creating
the potential to double renewable generation
capacity by 1,697 gigawatt hours – enough to
power half a million homes.”
Keast also points out that low-energy
devices, controls and the use of consumption
data will enable the industry to cut water
consumption - and, at the same time,
innovations like the recovery of low-grade
heat from sewers “could become a source of
additional revenue in the future and boost
sustainability.”
Eventually, he predicts that renewable
energy from biogas will also help drive the
industry towards what he describes as
“genuine carbon neutrality and energy
self-sufficiency.”
“As populations grow, more sludge will be
available and this in turn will allow expansion
in the ability to capture renewable biogas and
generate renewable electricity. As treatment
processes are further optimised and AD and
CHP technology advances, the opportunity
for greater energy self-sufficiency and
renewable energy export will rise. This would
be further increased if any spare - or
headroom - capacity could be used for the
co-digestion of energy crops or other liquid
organic wastes,” he says.
“To lower energy demand and use
optimised energy management, based on
implementation of low energy devices,
controls and the use of consumption data will
enable the industry to make a step change in
reducing demand side consumption,” he adds.
Andrew Williams is a freelance
contributor to WWi magazine.
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SMART WATER:
WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2018
Digitalisation is changing the relationship between utilities and their customers, morphing isolated suppliers into
connected service providers. We take look at the key technology and market trends expected this year.
By Will Maize
F
aced with mounting challenges involved
with supplying water to the world’s
growing cities, water utilities are turning
to new – “smarter” – technology offerings,
which have the potential to revolutionise
water service delivery like never before.
Smart water can be broadly defined as a
group of emerging technological solutions
that help water managers operate more
effectively. Smart water solutions harness
state-of-the-art hardware and software
solutions to provide increasing levels of
system intelligence, visibility, automation and
control, while enhancing customer service
through new channels of engagement. These
technologies are increasingly being delivered
via new business models, like software-as-a-
service (SaaS), or through the cloud.
Smart water developments across global
municipal water markets are shaped largely
by local drivers such as water scarcity or
regulatory requirements, and market
dynamics such as rate structures, cost
recovery and privatisation. As such, while
innovation is happening across the utility
operating footprint, specific technology
verticals are advancing at different paces in
different regions.
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CUSTOMER-CENTRIC PLATFORMS
The broader trend of digitalisation is changing
the fundamental relationship between a
utility and its customer, morphing an isolated
supplier to a connected, service provider.
Customer-centric platforms in water were
largely born out of the seven-year drought in
the western US, as software companies
recognised an opportunity to harness
technology to help lead conservation
programs. Platforms like Dropcountr and
WaterSmart are good examples.
Increasingly, customer-engagement
platforms should see demand growing in
markets overseas. Evolving the customer
service is also at the forefront of UK water
regulator Ofwat’s plans for the next five-year
investment period, 2020-2025. In 2017,
WaterSmart secured its first contract in the
UK, inking a deal with South Staffs Water,
while UK-based competitor Advizzo has
already secured agreements with Anglian
Water, Severn Trent, and South East Water.
Dealing with high water and energy
consumption rates amid an arid, water scarce
environment, Dubai Electricity and Water
Authority (DEWA) has also engaged with
Advizzo. DEWA will use Advizzo to drive
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SMART WATER
digital customer engagement efforts through
email and SMS. The system went live in early
2018.
SMART METERING (STILL) THE
FLAG BEARER
Smart water metering systems help increase
the collection frequency of data, enabling
new forms of customer engagement and
billing, and more visibility into network
performance. In 2017, new deployments of
advanced metering infrastructure (AMI),
defined as two-way, fixed radio or cellular
communications network, outpaced walk-by/
drive-by systems (AMR), signaling a growing
business case for AMI over AMR.
Traditionally, advanced metering infrastruc-
ture players have paired smart water meters
with proprietary communications solutions,
locking in utilities into multi-year contracts,
vendors limit competition for complimentary
network devices. From a utility´s perspective,
however, reduced flexibility in procurement
compounds the challenge to communicate a
clear return on investment for AMI projects
to justify rate increases.
The emergence of the internet-of-things
(IoT), emerging low power wide area
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network protocols (LPWAN) such as Sigfox,
LoRa, and NB-IoT, have added to the
complexity of the procurement process for
municipal utilities. On the one hand,
LPWANs tempt utilities with lower total
expenditures (low transmission and network
costs) and offer meter battery life-spans of
15 to 20 years – both vital components in a
strong metering business case. On the other,
uncertainties around the commercial
longevity of Sigfox and LoRa have only
served to increased interest in their
long-awaited, licensed-spectrum cousin,
NB-IoT.
Australia provides an interesting case
study in how uncertainties around communi-
cations protocols have affected smart
metering developments. Electing to go with a
proprietary communications option, in July
2017 Cairns Regional Council awarded a
US$12.2 million contract to Itron to replace
its 53,000 water meters with its proprietary
AMI, ultrasonic meters, and meter data
management platform.
In contrast, a consortium of three Victoria
utilities (City West Water, South East Water,
and Yarra Valley Water) announced they
would extend trials of smart water meters
and communications technologies by 18
months.
Uncertainty regarding the time-frame of a
fully deployed, commercially available NB-IoT
protocol has translated into uncertainty in
making a commitment to unlicensed
protocols (LoRa, Sigfox), or waiting for
NB-IoT or potentially even 5G.
We expect AMI to continue to command
the lion’s share of new metering announce-
ments, driving a market of US$17.1 billion
over the next decade, in the US alone.
LEAK DETECTION AND NON-
REVENUE WATER MANAGEMENT
REMAINS A KEY FOCUS PRIORITY
Globally, water lost through leakages and
pipe bursts remains a top priority for utilities
looking to make investments in new
technologies. Network owners and opera-
tors are increasingly looking to reduce
reliance on legacy technologies and method-
ologies, such pipe replacement or network
sweeping, with more sophisticated, smart
solutions involving communicating sensors,
advanced imagery, and data analytics.
Segmenting the smart water offerings into
the International Water Association (IWA)
designated ‘four component approach’ to
address real losses, we expect the following
technology innovations to scale up in 2018.
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ACTIVE LEAKAGE CONTROL
Processes used to identify and pinpoint (and
then repair) water leaks have evolved along
diverging lines, globally, related to the district
metered areas (DMAs). Propagated from
within the UK, DMAs have become a
common tactic to tackle leaks on the
distribution system. However, commonplace
across many global markets, from France to
Australia, the US market has largely excluded
the use of district meter areas, to date. This
has impacted smart water vendors which
developed solutions involving the data flows
which DMA systems provide, leading to a
paucity of opportunities in the US.
In what could be a signal to this dynamic
changing, in the spring of 2017, Israel-based
TaKaDu landed its first contract in the US,
inking a deal with Knoxville Utility Board
(KUB). The utility will deploy its event
management system to help improve
customer service and address non-revenue
water. Matchpoint Inc., TaKaDu’s partner on
the project, was central in implementing a
district metering strategy at KUB.
Detecting leaks from above is another
trend that should continue to see market
demand in 2018, expanding on the multiple
pilot and commercial developments
announced in 2017. Israel-based Utilis and
UK-based Rezatec are two firms offering leak
Exhibit 1. Forecast for select smart water technologies, US, 2016 - 2026
$2.5
Leakage Management
Condition Assessment, Pipeline Monitoring
Smart Meters
$2.0
Billions US$
$1.5
$1.0
$0.5
$0.0
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Source: Bluefield Research
detection via satellite technology. Severn
Trent in the UK has been actively trialing
both technology vendors, in parallel with a
pilot involving drones, to drive efficiencies in
network sweeping and leakage pinpointing.
Finally, fixed leak detection has seen an
uptick in large-scale deployments in recent
years, which should continue. Switzer-
land-based Gutermann will deploy an
additional 3,500 devices with Veolia in Grand
Lyon in 2018, building on its 6,000 devices
already in service. Grand Lyon has seen its
non-revenue water fall to 15 percent in 2017
from a high of 23 percent in 2014. Mean-
while, in the US, in April 2017, Echologics
secured a deployment for 10,000 fixed leak
sensors with San Jose, California, was also
notable.
ASSET MANAGEMENT
In a move towards its plans to establish a
smart distribution system, in 2017 South
West Water in the UK announced plans to
deploy up to 4,000 dNet sensors from
UK-based pressure management specialist
i2O, as well as 250 pressure reduction valve
condition monitoring loggers, and i2O’s iNet
platform. The utility will use the technology to
monitor valve condition, flow, pressure, and
transients, across its network, while optimiz-
ing energy efficiency for pumping operations.
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As financially constrained utilities seek to
extend asset service life and defer capital-in-
tensive pipe replacements, asset data is
increasingly used to make informed,
data-driven replacement and pro-active
maintenance decisions. The recent acquisition
of Pure Technologies by water pure-play
Xylem reflects strong market sentiment
towards this growth opportunity, as Xylem
looks to round-out its smart infrastructure
portfolio. We anticipate that the market for
these technologies will double by 2026,
totaling over US$2.7 billion in the US alone.
Sitting on top of the data collection level,
nascent start-ups like California-based Fracta
are applying machine learning techniques to
water utility’s historical pipe and operational
data sets – material type, age, soil condition,
pressure, etc. – generating insights into asset
risk profiling. These insights can inform more
targeted active leakage control regimes, or
capital replacement planning processes.
GAME-CHANGING TECH
Applied to storm or combined collection
systems, real-time control has been proven as
an effective alternative to capital intensive
storage capacity expansions, and has the
potential to save millions. Companies like
OptiRTC and EmNet have completed
multiple projects across the US.
Canada-based EMAGIN, and US-based
Pluto AI are on the forefront of applying
machine learning and big data analytics
techniques to modernise the way plant
operators perform their jobs, track asset
performance, and make optimised decisions.
The confluence of modeling platforms
with network management software, all fed
by real-time data, would enhance all aspects
of the utility operating model. Players that are
positioning for this market include Innovyze,
Bentley Systems, Siemens, Schneider Electric,
General Electric, among others.
DIGITALLY-SAVVY UTILITIES
As utilities increasingly ingrain data-driven
decision making into operations and planning
processes, the competencies and business
models of the engineering consultancies that
serve them are forced to evolve. Proj-
ect-based work flow traditionally outsourced
to engineering firms, from hydraulic master
planning to capital investment plans, will face
disruption as more advanced modelling and
analytics software are developed. Fed by
real-time network data, hydraulic or asset
management plans can be constantly
updated to provide utility operators and
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CFOs with an optimised operating and
investment schedules.
While most engineering firms recognise
the growing importance of digital solutions in
their offering to municipal water utilities, they
Energy efficiency
diverge in their approaches to address the
nascent smart water opportunity, with
thanks to modern
examples ranging from acquisition to pump technology
in-house development and partnerships. This
divergence is in part influenced by an
immature, fragmented landscape of solutions
providers, but also due to incompatibility
between traditional, hours-based business
models of EPCs, with license and ser-
vices-based approach of a software vendor.
As smart water segments continue to
mature, we can expect more EPCs to
re-position toward utility clients through
acquisition. A recent example came in early
January 2018, when Arcadis added SEAMS to
bolster its data analytics software capabilities
for strategic asset management. SEAMS has
gained traction in the complex regulatory
environment of the UK water sector. Efficient pump technology
DRAWING INVESTMENT
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firm EQT bought network modeling and energy requirement in parallel
business analytics platform Innovyze for to increased pump performance
US$270 million, a 16x EBITDA. Three months lowers the power consumption
later, EQT had announced a rolled-up and so preserves our environ-
Innovyze with its portfolio company (a ment in a sustainable way.
former competitor to Innovyze) XP
Solutions. XPV Water Partners performed a
roll-up of its own, funding Aquatic Informatics’
merger with WaterTrax and Linko.
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GLOBAL UTILITY PERSPECTIVES

Water utilities are increasingly open to adopting and leveraging the use of smart water and wastewater technologies in
their efforts to address an array of internal and external challenges. With global utilities taking an active role in shaping
the future of the water industry, 2018 is poised to be even more exciting. Below, four senior global water utility leaders
share their unique perspectives on what lies ahead for smart water.

JENS F. BASTRUP, CEO OF SKANDERBORG UTILITY, DENMARK

Utilities must not only implement strategies focused on improving internal capabilities, but should also actively reach out
to various stakeholders to co-create, test and pilot technologies. With this in mind, Skanderborg initiated the partnership
– AquaGlobe with knowledge institutions, the public, and private companies including leading Danish water companies
Grundfos and Kamstrup. This initiative is essentially a living lab and a show-room that welcomes partners with customers,
showcasing their solutions in real-time. It’s where new technologies and systemic solutions are co-developed, tested and
implemented in real life and with a real-life mindset. Such partnerships help eliminate ‘silo solutions’. Water is going smart. Therefore in 2018,
more communities for smart water partnerships will pop up within and across borders.

TOMI LUKKARINEN, AUTOMATION ENGINEER AT HELSINKI REGION ENVIRONMENTAL

SERVICES AUTHORITY (HSY), FINLAND
Many new smart water technologies will disrupt the old way of working. A recently completed state-funded smart water
project consisted of many proof of concept and pilot projects, aiming to enhance quality of water services. During the
project, many new technologies were tested, including automatic problem detection in CCTV footage, data analytics on
sewer flows, different IoT devices in the sewer network and laser scanning of wells. The most successful projects all had
two things in common: they used large amounts of data and the solutions were co-created in an agile way with a new
technology vendor. While some utilities, including HSY, have already adopted smart water solutions to their operations, most are still in their
starting blocks. In 2018, new disruptive smart water solutions will challenge the water sector incumbents and the old, business as usual tactics.

TING LU, PRINCIPAL ENGINEER AT CLEAN WATER SERVICES IN OREGON, US

The future of water infrastructure optimisation requires the following three converging areas: (1) the affordability of
real-time sensing technologies to provide watershed-scale monitoring to produce quality data and transform data into
actionable information to drive decision-making; (2) the application of artificial intelligence to maximise the value of data
to generate additional results and (3) prioritization of the interoperability and reliability. At CWS we were able to capture,
synthesize, and analsze drone-based imagery to extract key land use insights. The future digital water utility will require a
system centered on interoperability and reliability to provide for system information, data quality control, and effective decision-making. Such
efforts will also help reduce instances of “dark data”, hidden in the corners of the organisation with poor quality and limited visibility.

ROGÉRIO DE PAULA, DIRECTOR AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS AT

AEGEA, BRAZIL
The National Water Agency will need to have increased authority to effectively coordinate and create national sanitation
regulatory standards. This positive change, which is currently being reviewed by the Brazilian government, could reduce
disparities in the way different operations are subject to regulatory interpretation, offering public and private sector
operators greater legal security and helping to boost investment in sector modernization. Additionally, there is a move
towards calling for more mandatory tenders between public authorities and state-owned companies, a positive move for
the industry. Overall, greater regulatory security could support efforts to improve service efficiency, providing universal access and offering the
public with high quality services in Brazil. We need to be forward-thinking to more effectively address our water and sanitation challenges.

The above cross-industry trends have been shared by Smart Water Network Forum (SWAN) member utility leaders who
will be presenting at the 8th Annual SWAN Conference on May 21-22, 2018 in Barcelona. For more information, visit:
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DESALINATION + RENEWABLES
A LONG ENGAGEMENT
WITHOUT THE WEDDING?
Bringing together renewable energy
and desalination has been discussed at
length without a major breakthrough
of a large-scale, independently
powered project coming online. Why
is this? With Masdar’s desalination
trials now finished in Ghantoot, Abu
Dhabi, we take a look at global
progress on the issue.
By Tom Freyberg
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T
he coupling of renewable energy with
desalination has understandably
created a real buzz. After all, it’s a
match that’s meant to be: the desalination
market is trying to shift its legacy image of
providing water associated with a high energy
cost and partnering with cleaner energy is a
good way to do so.
Capitalising on this need, a goal has been
set for 20 percent of new plants to be
powered by renewables between 2020-2025,
by the International Desalination Associa-
tion’s (IDA) Global Clean Water Desalination
Alliance.
RENEWABLE TOMATOES
To date there have been several small scale
trials across the Middle East, Spain and India,
bringing together concentrated solar power
(CSP) and seawater desalination. The
challenge has been to scale up the size of the
operation and make it fully independent,
without access to grid power as a back up
when the sun isn’t shining.
“Available renewable and desalination
technologies can be effectively combined to
reduce desalination’s carbon footprint in the
near term,” says Thomas Altmann, VP of
innovation & technology at ACWA Power.
“It’s just a question of time before the right
project environment is created to run a
24-hour large scale solar powered desalina-
tion plant,”.
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DESALINATION
He references the Sundrop farms case in
Port Augusta, Australia that uses CSP to
provide electric power and desalinated water,
which is used to grow tomatoes.
Although the evolution of battery
technology is being seen as pivotal to achieve
that 24/7 independent desalination plant, it is
also the “more expensive photovoltaic (PV)
option”, says Altmann.
“The simplest configuration would be to
use PV technology alongside reverse osmosis,
as well as to utilize the grid for night supply
or as storage,” he adds. “In the latter case,
you would need to ensure the PV plant is
much larger than you’d need to run just the
desalination plant. You can then dispatch the
extra energy produced throughout the day
to the available grid and the grid would then
return that energy to keep the desalination
plant running during the evening and night.”
SAUDI INVESTMENT
In early February engineering firm Metito
announced it had secured a contract with
the King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) to
construct a “seawater desalination plant
powered by solar energy”.
Valued at SAR220,404,144 (US$58.7
million), the desalination plant will start with
a capacity to produce 30,000 m3/day of
drinking water, expandable to 60,000 m3/day.
The project is expected to be in develop-
ment for 24 months, with production slated
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to start in the first quarter of 2020. A total of
10 international and regional companies
competed in the tender.
Fady Juez, managing director of Metito
told WWi that the “scope of the work
includes a 2 megawatt (MW) solar plant that
will be fully designed, procured, installed,
commissioned and integrated with the RO
system”.
He says that the solar system will be used
to operate the plant, with power consump-
tion based on the water demand from
KAEC.
It’s important to note that the desalination
plant will remain connected to the grid, for
backup power, while the solar power will be
fed to the major equipment.
BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED
Others believe time is still needed to couple
membranes, PV and battery technology
together but that the industry is on the cusp
of change.
“For me it’s clear: the future of desalina-
tion will be with renewables,” says Carlos
Cosín, CEO of Almar Water Solutions. “It’s
only a matter of time in the Middle East
region. In less than five years, battery
technology will have developed further and
then we can have an independent solar and
photovoltaic desalination plant. I have no
doubt about that.”
He says that the reduction of the solar
tariff to “below 2 cents is amazing” and
provides a double opportunity. “First, we can
reduce the price of the water and even
better is that as a result I think [technology]
progression will continue,” he says.
Cosín is referring to the “record tariff ” of
1.75 cents/kilowatt hours (kWh) achieved in
the tender for the Sakaka project in Saudi
Arabia, as well as recent tariffs of 2.5-3 cents/
kWh achieved in recent PV tenders across
the UAE. Such low tariffs are demonstrating
that renewable energy has developed so far
that it’s more competitive than conventional
energy supply.
Almar’s CEO believes that the overall
reduction of CO2 emissions in plant
operation will be a further benefit that “has
to be compensated with the tariff ” and could
lead to a reduction in the amount oil
consumed in the Middle East. To provide
some context, in Abu Dhabi alone, desalina-
tion is estimated to contribute more than 22
percent of the Emirate state’s total CO2
emissions.
Others believe battery storage is not the
answer for large scale renewable desalination.
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“Battery storage is very expensive in
general and the delivery time is quite long,”
says Dr Corrado Sommariva, group director
at ILF Consulting Engineers. “I do not see
them [batteries] as a solution for large
SWRO plants for the time being. On the
contrary, I would rather see SWRO being
modulated (shut down and ramp up) in
order to decrease the peak factor and the
power load in the grid.”
RENEWABLE WATER
Hoping to move the needle of desalination
energy efficiency is Masdar’s Renewable
Energy Water Desalination Programme, for
which the results are now in.
As WWi has reported in the past, a total
of five small scale plants (Abengoa, SUEZ,
Mascara, Trevi Systems and Sidem) all
completed the test period of 15-18 months
at a site in Ghantoot, located around 65km
northeast of the city of Abu Dhabi.
Four of the five plants looked at tweaks to
desalination arrangements, including dissolved
air floatation and forward osmosis. Mean-
while although Mascara Renewable Water
was late to the party, joining the site last, it
was the only project to incorporate
renewable energy.
For the development, Mascara Renewable
Water developed an off-grid, solar powered
desalination solution that used a beach well
to obtain seawater from a borehole near the
sea. The natural sand filtration of the beach
well eliminated the need for a dedicated
pre-treatment system, according to the
company.
A special reverse osmosis (RO) system
with a proprietary hydraulic energy accumu-
lator “ensured that the RO system could
operate under a varying power supply”.
Furthermore, an isobaric energy recovery
device (ERD) system recovered energy from
the high-pressure brine.
It’s important to note that this plant only
operated during sunlight hours – powered by
a 30 kWp PV plant.
“The membranes were automatically
flushed before sunset to avoid biofouling,” the
company says. “A control system managed
the continuous operation of the pilot plant
under the varying sunlight by adjusting the
water production and hence the demand for
power throughout the day.”
Following validation at the Ghantoot site,
Mascara CEO Marc Vergnet says the
company is now developing projects in
Mauritius, Cape Verde, South Africa, Morocco
and Vanuatu in the Pacific.
WATER INNOVATION PARK
One of the overall aims for the Ghantoot
projects was to show that current reverse
osmosis seawater desalination technologies
can achieve an energy consumption of below
3.6 kWh per cubic meter of produced water.
All sites passed. Reverse osmosis was also
confirmed to be the most “energy efficient
desalination technology with 75 percent gains
over the current status-quo in the UAE”.
“We are proud to say everyone complet-
ed the programme with success,” says Dr
Alexander Ritschel, head of application
development at Masdar.
Beyond the programme, questions have
been asked as to what will happen next at
the Ghantoot site? One idea is to keep the
facility in operation as a ‘Water Innovation
Park’.
Masdar says: “By operating the park at the
heart of the region with the world’s largest
desalination industry and growing demand, it
would lend itself well to ensuring the UAE
and Masdar are competitively positioned to
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Pioneering next generation desalination:
taken from the Masdar report on Ghantoot
22%
Abu Dhabi CO2
emissions from
desalination
Energy Inputs
Seawater
30%
increase in demand
for water by 2030
develop and commercially deploy novel
water technology in the region and beyond
for the next 30 years.”
Others believe there could be continued
international co-operation at the site.
“Based on the success of the first phase,
Masdar plans to continue using the Ghantoot
site and expand the portfolio of research
activities,” adds Sommariva. “In particular, this
will concentrate on the direct coupling of
renewables and desalination, as well as
dealing with the challenge of brine discharge.”
Ghantoot to one side, Masdar has far
wider ambitions in the water market
following the experience.
“Our programme was never intended as
a R&D project per se,” says Ritschel. “It was
intended to become the basis for commer-
cial deployment of these technologies. I think
we have accomplishes this task. We are now
about to look at how we can use and deploy
that technology.”
Masdar’s game plan is to essentially
become what is has become for renewables
but for water: a project developer and
financer. The key thing, according to Ritschel,
is that they will “focus on projects that are
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RENEWABLE
POWERED
SEAWATER
DESALINATION
Energy Inputs
Osmosis
1,500
m3/day
potable water
renewable energy powered desalination
plants”.
They intend to join forces with engineer-
ing, procurement & construction (EPC)
companies to provide small scale solutions
for remote locations and islands, in the
medium scale – 20,000 – 50,000 m3/day
range. “We will always have in mind a zero
carbon footprint,” he adds.
CLOUD-BASED INNOVATION
While a healthy dose of patience may be
required before the opening of a large scale,
independent renewable desalination facility,
elsewhere smaller solutions are already
hitting the market.
German company Membran-Filtra-
tions-Technik GmbH (MFT) has introduced
containerized desalination systems for
producing drinking water from either
seawater or brackish water.
Called the MFT RO 100 Desalination
System, the unit has a capacity of up to 120
litre/hour drinking water and is powered by
either 7,5KWp photovoltaic or a 350W
Wind turbine, which is stored in lithium-ion
batteries.
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DESALINATION
Potential
75%
reduction in
energy intensity
Drinking
$541
Million in potential
Water
annual savings
Designed for low-power decentralised
applications in remote locations where the
energy supply is scarce, the first plant was
shipped to a school in La Guajira, Colombia.
A remote-control system enables the
company to monitor performance real-time
from its headquarters in Cologne.
In conclusion, it appears that the
engagement between renewables and
desalination will continue, without the royal
wedding everyone has been waiting for. Yes,
solutions such as MFT’s and Mascara’s will
continue to provide decentralised desalina-
tion solutions on a small scale. Meanwhile,
developments of scale – such as KAEC in
Saudi Arabia – will continue apace but should
be categorised as “part time renewable” – i.e.
they are only powered by solar for part of
the time. If and when the price of battery
storage comes down, then there could be
real potential. Until then, patience will be the
needed virtue before the opening of the first
large scale, independently powered renew-
able desalination project.
Tom Freyberg is chief editor of WWI
magazine.
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GOING BIG AT IFAT 2018

Water, wastewater and solid waste exhibition IFAT is back this year even bigger and better than before.
We take a look at some of the key highlights visitors can expect to see from their visit to Germany.
By WWi magazine

W
hen it comes to sheer numbers
and the size of water and waste
exhibitions, there is no doubt
that IFAT is the undisputed heavyweight
champion of the world. In 2016 the event
boasted record attendance of over 136,000
visitors from 168 countries – enough to
make you want to sit down and enjoy a cold
weißbier, or two.
The show is by no means resting on its
laurels. Following two years of construction,
two newly built halls – C5 and C6 – will be
used by exhibitors for the first time, bringing
the total number of halls to 18. Including the
outdoor exhibition site, the total area has
been expanded to 260,000 square meters.
As part of this expansion, changes are
being made to the layout of the exhibition:
the section on water and sewage will occupy
the halls at the western end and the open-air
site to the north of the C halls; the section
on recycling and municipal technologies will
be located in the halls at the eastern end and
on the adjacent open-air site, at F7 and F8.
IFAT 2018 also welcomes an additional
conceptual partner for the show, in particular
for the section on water supply and drinking
water: the DVGW (Deutscher Verein des
Gas- und Wasserfaches e.V.), which is the
German Technical and Scientific Association
for Gas and Water.
Furthermore, one of themes of this year’s
IFAT is “experience.science.future”. Amidst
the IFAT events and activities, experience.
science.future. will complement the exhibi-
tion and its supporting program in Hall B4,
where it will pool universities, start-ups,
associations and NGOs on more than 1,000
square meters, offering space for the most
innovative technologies, strategies and
research projects in the environmental field.
Another key theme running across the
event will be digitalization, automation and
Water 4.0. As a result, the latest develop-
ments in the field of drinking water prepara-
tion and distribution will be on show.
“The greatest progress in digitalization in
the drinking water sector is seen currently in
IFAT 2018: Fast facts
When: May 14-18, 2018
Where: Messe München exhibition center, Munich, Germany
Who: Over 130,000 water, wastewater and solid waste industry professionals and over
3000 exhibitors over 260,000 square meters
What: A cocktail of technology updates, launches, product showcases and networking
all mixed together with plenty of German beer
Why: The largest gathering of water/wastewater industry professionals in Europe
the areas of pump controls, measurement the GWP Working Group Water 4.0, sets out
technology and drinking water analysis,” says one possible application in drinking water and
Julia Braune, managing director of the wastewater: “With a digital twin we can do
German Water Partnership (GWP), an real-life simulations, completely without risk,
industry and research network. to test various approaches and optimize
“While digital integration of pump them.”
controls is already well advanced, there is still The importance of digital change has been
much potential in the connecting up of recognised in the field of municipal water
system components using sensors, for supplies – that was a clear finding in a survey
example for analysis. Ever better communica- of its members conducted by the Verband
tion between the various parts of the water Kommunaler Unternehmen (VKU – the
production process - for example, springs, German association of public utility compa-
waterworks and the drinking water network nies): More than two thirds of the companies
- can both enhance the security of the supply rated digitalization as of high or very high
and also optimize energy and resource relevance. And already one in two companies
efficiency.” are either planning or implementing a
Even more extensive scope for digitaliza- digitalization strategy.
tion lies in setting up a “digital twin”. This is a Michael Beckereit, president of the VKU,
data model which depicts a machine, a adds: “Analysis of large volumes of data
system or even a complex infrastructure with means we can recognise more easily what
all its information and interdependencies. the customers need and better understand
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GEA is an international technology group and one of the world’s largest suppliers of process
technology for a wide range of other industries. Our aim is to offer innovative solutions which
combine environmental protection with high social benefits and cost effectiveness. We use
decanter centrifuges as our core technology in wastewater treatment. Booth: A1-451

E/One sewer systems are significantly more affordable than conventional gravity sewers, safer
than septic systems, and they’re a light touch on the land. Plus, we carry a proven track record
of reliability with the lowest system life-cycle cost in the industry.
Booth: B1-122

For over 85 years Hach has led the water analysis industry in developing innovative solutions
to help our customers analyse their water more efficiently. This year at IFAT we’ll be launching
Claros™ the Water Intelligence system. Claros allows data to drive decisions which can result
in reducing costs, increasing efficiency and staying in compliance. Booth: C1-351/450

KELLER AG für Druckmesstechnik is Europe’s leading manufacturer of isolated pressure

transducers and transmitters. The company, which has a global workforce of around 450
employees, was founded in 1974 by Hannes W. Keller, a graduate in physics and the inventor of
the integrated silicon measuring cell. Booth: C1- 520

Proco Products, Inc. is the world’s largest and most respected supplier of Expansion Joints and
Rubber Duckbill check valves. Our latest contribution is our Series 700 ProFlex® Check Valve
series. Manufactured completely with top quality fungicide and barnacle resistant rubber, the
700 check valves are also available with NSF61 certified elastomers. Booth: C1-315/414

Berghof Membrane Technology GmbH (BMT), part of the Berghof Group, is the leading
manufacturer of tubular membranes for the filtration and separation of process streams and
wastewater in a variety of industries. BMT products are manufactured to the highest quality
standards in the company’s fully automated facility in Eningen, Germany. Booth: A2. 204

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MEET CLAROS: THE WATER

INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM
C
hanging regulations, unpredictable
influent levels, unplanned instrument
downtime, irregular samples and
incorrect data logging are all problems plant
operators face. Without a clear picture of
their water or data, operators face uncertain-
ty about efficiency and compliance. With 17
percent of the nation’s wastewater treatment
plants receiving penalties for compliance
issues, there’s a clear need for a solution.
Imagine the time savings, cost reductions,
and peace of mind that a complete water
intelligence system could provide. Channeling
70 years’ instrument expertise and 25 years’
software development in wastewater
treatment, the Claros™ Water Intelligence
System from Hach® addresses three critical
areas: instrument management, data
management and process management,
harnessing information to deliver guided
insights for optimised plant operations.

IS YOUR INSTRUMENT DUE FOR

MAINTENANCE?
Sludge. Scaling. Toilet paper. Probes at
wastewater plants have a dirty job, and need
proper maintenance and calibration. Even
process equipment needs attention. Keeping
instruments well-maintained means opera-
tors can trust measurement data.
Prognosys predictive diagnostics helps
plant operators stay in front of instrument
maintenance and calibration, reducing
unplanned downtime and errant
measurements.
Mobile Sensor Management provides
status alerts for all connected instruments
within a single view, allowing operators to
see their system’s complete performance.
Better instrument management helps reduce
unplanned downtime, and lets operators
know if changes to measurement data are
due to an instrument or the water.
DO YOU HAVE THE DATA YOU
NEED, WHEN YOU NEED IT?
Data on its own doesn’t ensure compliance
or reduce costs. Claros provides the insights
into the data that can make the difference
between optimisation and compliance woes.
Data trace ability helps pinpoint where a data
error may have occurred, while quick data
compiling available in a central location
provides accurate views of critical
parameters.
Water Information Management Solution
(WIMS) software combines water system
data sources in a central, secure database,
providing the tools needed for electronic and
paper reporting, analysis and monitoring.
When investigating data, the filters, drill-
downs and custom forms help operators find
insights hidden in raw data.
ARE YOU WASTING MONEY ON
OVERTREATMENT?
There is a certain rhythm to wastewater
influent, but there’s no way to predict an
unexpected peak load, so process manage-
ment is crucial to ensuring cost-effective
plant operation leading to compliance. Claros
Real-Time Control Solutions (RTC)
measures water continuously, providing major
cost savings opportunities such as reducing
chemical dosing and basin-blower run-time,
helping operators stay in compliance while
using the least amount of chemicals and
energy.
ARE YOU READY TO SIGN THAT
REPORT?
With a complete picture of a plant’s
instrument, data, and process information,
users will gain the insights needed for
optimisation. Proactive maintenance means
less unplanned instrument downtime. Crucial
operations can be automated around the
clock. Data compiled from multiple sources
provides actionable insights, so operators can
run their plant efficiently and sign the report
with confidence.
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GSM-2 GIVES WAY TO ARC-1

F
or years, KELLER’s GSM-2 has provided
a simple way of remotely tracking
pressure measurements, fill and water
levels and monitoring limit values. Now, this
proven data logger with remote data
transmission unit has been upgraded and
given a new name: ARC-1, the Autonomous
Remote Data Collector.

UPGRADING WITH THE TIMES

In the interests of compatibility, the ARC-1
incorporates the same functions as the
GSM-2 but also includes some new features:
• It now communicates via the 3G mobile
network, or 4G if required. The new
radio modules also allow the device to
be located via the mobile network
• The mini SIM card has given way to a
micro SIM card. The data logger can also
be supplied with an e-SIM upon request
• The system status information, including
battery status and signal strength, has
been supplemented by a moisture
sensor
• A real-time clock (RTC) has been
integrated into the data logger which is
more accurate and continues running
autonomously when the battery is
changed.
Existing GSM-2 data loggers can also be
upgraded easily to ARC-1 data loggers if the
existing 2G network at the measuring point
is no longer available.
PRESERVING PROVEN FEATURES
The new generation has not changed in
appearance. At just 48 mm in diameter, the
cylindrical design of the ARC-1 can simply be
placed into the top of a two-inch-wide
sounding tube standard in the groundwater
measuring industry. It can be installed in a
matter of seconds.
The housing is designed to withstand
condensation and temporary flooding. The
sealed antenna is covered by a lockable
protective cap made of robust plastic. This
protects the data logger against theft and
damage by people or wild animals when level
measurements are being taken in the open
countryside.
Complete with energy-efficient electronics
and a premium-quality lithium battery (3,9
V/32 Ah), the logger can transmit the results
of 24 measurements every day by e-mail,
SMS or FTP for up to ten years. Its fastest
measurement rate is 1 measurement per
minute.
With two input voltages (0...5 V), two
digital inputs, one bus interface (RS485) to
operate up to five level sensors and an
optional SDI12 interface for water analysis
devices, the ARC-1 data logger is a universal
data collection module for wide area
measurement networks.
FREE PC SOFTWARE
The flexible, easy-to-use, open-source
“DataManager” software covers the key
functions of a monitoring, collection, control,
and orga- nisational unit for the ARC-1. The
DataManager collects the measurement data,
assigns it, puts it in charts, reports any limits
that have been exceeded, and stores it in an
open-source mySQL database.
Third parties can access the measurement
data by means of various export and Internet
functions for integration into their own data
collection systems. The DataManager
software also enables users to fully parame-
terise and monitor each individual ARC-1
data logger.
KOLIBRI CLOUD
KELLER offers a secure cloud solution to
guarantee quick and easy access to measure-
ment records. The Kolibri Cloud enables you
to access data from anywhere via a web
browser, only using a personal login and
SSL-encrypted connection, of course. You can
enjoy readily available data and a simple
authentication process without the need to
set up and maintain a database, FTP or mail
server.
The measurements can be displayed as
graphs in no time at all and the export
function allows you to download your data
as Excel or CSV files.
Readings and devices can be monitored
simply, efficiently and securely using the
integrated alarm system. For instance, an
automatic warning can be sent via e-mail if there
is an increase in water level or a battery is
running low. With the Kolibri Cloud API, a user
or program can access measurements from the
cloud at any time in a standardised JSON
format via HTTPS.
The ARC-1 is available as a tube or box. All
of the designs can be ordered as 3G, 4G, or
LoRa versions. An intrinsically safe version of the
box can also be supplied upon request.
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ARC-1 Autonomous Remote Data Collector
Autonomous data logger with remote data
Internet of Things

• A choice of wireless network – 2G / 3G / 4G / LoRa

• Long life cycle – battery-operated for up to 10 years
• High data security – integrated memory, TLS encryption
• Maximal compatibility – with all level probes and pres-
sure transmitters
• Status monitoring – sensors and real time clock (RTC)
• Licence-free software – data manager and KELLER-Cloud
• Upgrade possible – Upgrade from previous model GSM-2
to ARC-1

ARC-1 Wireless manometer

with series 36 XiW ISM Band transmitter and
level sensor remote display

LOW POWER K-114 BT

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ELIMINATING SEVERE WATER
HAMMER ISSUES IN BOONE
T
he Jimmy Smith Wastewater Treat-
ment Plant (WWTP), located in
Boone, N.C., has a permitted capacity
of 4.82 million gallons per day. However, since
it opened in the 1990s, however, the plant has
experienced water hammer issues.
The three influent pumps at the plant feed
into a common header that goes uphill for
about 80 ft before discharging into an aeration
basin.The plant uses traditional 16-in. AWWA
swing check valves, which have experienced
sometimes violent pressure resulting in water
hammer and equipment damage.
The elevation and pump dead head
pressure creates a “kind of perfect storm”
said Ryan Cain, an outside sales associate at
Valve & Pump Specialties, Inc., in Wilmington,
N.C. which serves as a manufacturer’s
representative for Proco Products. “The
extent of the problem is magnified because
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the elevation is so high. You can have head
pressure coming back and a pump coming on
at the same time, causing a pretty incredible
situation,” said Cain.
In February 2013, the Jimmy Smith
WWTP had just undergone the rebuilding of
all three of its influent pumps when another
violent water hammer event occurred,
destroying one of the check valves, said Cain.
Needing to find a new check valve to replace
the one that was destroyed, Cain recom- several requirements for this project. The
mended the Proco ProFlex™ Style 750, new Proco valve was installed on May 13,
which eliminates water hammer issues with 2013, and the pump’s water hammer issues
its rubber duckbill design. have since been eliminated. The other two
Since a check valve needs to be sized pumps at Jimmy Smith WWTP still have
properly to the piping system, Proco some water hammer issues, but plant
recorded information such as the flow maintainence technician Darrell Moody has a
velocity and pump dead head pressure to plan for when they need to be replaced:
ensure a properly engineered valve. The “We’ll go back to Proco no matter what.”
Proco ProFlex Style 750 needed to meet www.procoproducts.com
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DECANTER
TO GENERATE
ENERGY FROM
MUNICIPAL
WASTEWATER

We help to
protect, feed and
power the world

B
ased on German engineering ingenuity and “design to needs”, The new GEA biosolids, sludge and manure
the new GEA biosolids, sludge and manure decanters have Decanters have been specially developed for
been specially developed for applications in municipal and applications in municipal and industrial waste
industrial wastewater treatment and for the treatment of liquid water treatment and for the treatment of liquid
manure. manure and digestate.
One benefit is that, in addition to high throughput capacities and
maintenance-free, energy-saving operation, the GEA decanters • Utilising waste water, manure and
guarantee the best possible yield of valuable biosolids and biogas. digestate as a recyclable resource
This means using wastewater as a recyclable resource to generate • Best possible yields thanks to decades
energy and reusable material – with process results that ensure the of expertise as a sludge specialist
economical operation of wastewater treatment plants for the long
term. GEA environmental Decanter lines –
These machines provide the benefits of high clarifying efficiency safeguarding our resources
and maximum dewatering, as well as the spearation of liquids with
the simultaneous removal of solids. For contact details: gea.com/contact
GEA is an international technology group and one of the world’s
largest suppliers of process technology for the food industry and a wide
range of other industries, such as environmental technology, with a focus
on sludge treatment.
Our aim is to offer innovative solutions which combine environmen-
tal protection with high social benefits and cost effectiveness. We call it
“engineering for a better world”. For example, in environmental
engineering, where we use decanter centrifuges as our core technology
in wastewater treatment.This has allowed us to set standards over
several decades for cost-optimised, energy and resource-conserving
sludge thickening, and pre- and final dewatering.
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MBR EFFLUENT TREATMENT:
A SUCCESS FOR HOLLAND MALT
Setup of the dry-mounted external membrane system
H
olland Malt B.V., part of Bavaria
Brewery, is a malt producer located
on the northern coast of the
Netherlands. Since 1938 the company has
been producing brewer’s malt for leading
beer brands such as Bavaria, Heineken,
Carlsberg and Budweiser.
Holland Malt is renowned worldwide for
the quality of its malt production which
involves three main processes: (1) steeping,
(2) germination, (3) kilning and roasting.
Steeping is a highly water-intensive process
that increases the grain’s moisture content up
to 40 percent. For example, the production
of 140,000 tons of malted barley requires
510,000 m3 of water, comparable in quality
to drinking water so as to ensure product
quality and meet strict European Union laws.
Holland Malt aims to double its current
capacity to 280,000 tons by 2019 and as it
has limited access to municipal water, the
company is forced to reuse their process
water.
In order to meet increasing demand,
Holland Malt has decided to double its
malting capacity in its Eemshaven plant.
Unfortunately, doubling the production
capacity means doubling the water consump-
tion. Thus, the company needed a reliable and
stable system that could provide high-quality
permeate quality which can be reused for
the production of malt while providing
significant cost savings. After testing a few
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pilot systems from various manufacturers,
Holland Malt chose the external MBR
filtration system from Berghof Membranes
for its reliability, high quality permeate
production, ease of use and low
maintenance.
Berghof Membranes installed two
feed-and-bleed systems at Holland Malt
(double and single loop), which generates
more than 1,584 m3/day of permeate at an
average flux ranging between 65- 75 l/m2/h
(LMH), with a crossflow velocity of 2.0 m/s.
Figure 1 above demonstrates that the
self-regulating external filtration system
maintained a high permeate production (red
line) regardless of Mixed Liquor Suspended
Solids (MLSS) concentration (blue line)
which varied from 12,000 to 18,000 mg/L in
the waste stream. The flux was stable from
early September through late November at
65-75 LMH. A visible peak in mid-October
was related to a rapid increase of the MLSS
concentration.
In response the system performed an
automated “clean in place (CIP)” to clean the
membranes and restore the flux to its initial
values. The average energy consumption
during the whole period was approximately
0.6 kWh/m3 permeate. The system was able
to control the fouling due to its “smart
monitoring” of pressure drop and transmem-
brane pressure (TMP). Based on a side-
stream ultrafiltration system located outside
the bioreactor (the external principle), the
Berghof Membranes self-regulating system
uses high-quality tubular membrane modules.
The system is self-regulating and therefore
consumes less energy. The proprietary built-in
software system analyses data in real time
using advanced algorithms based on
transmembrane pressure (TMP) to control
pump speed, backwash and cleaning
frequency. The filtration system automatically
monitors the individual TMP and automatical-
ly initiates the cleaning procedure if it
exceeds defined limits as a result of fouling.
Depending on the need, the system
selects one of the cleaning modes to
eliminate fouling: (1) increased cross-flow
velocity, (2) backwash with- or without
chemicals, or (3) flushing or cleaning-in-place
(CIP). Once cleaning is completed, the
system automatically checks the TMP values
again and applies additional cleaning
protocols if the set-point value is not
reached.
Additionally, the unit can continue to
produce a fixed amount of permeate even
during the backwash process. The Berghof
Membranes self-regulating external filtration
sytem treats wastewater streams at a
cross-flow velocity of 1.5 – 2.5 m/s and a flux
range of 50 – 100 LMH. All this combined
ensures less energy, reduced maintenance
time and improved OPEX.
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 PRODUCTS

ECD CHLORIDE WATER QUALITY

The T80 transmitter has been designed as a universal transmitter to accept various different sensors for pH,
ORP, dissolved oxygen, specific ion, conductivity or resistivity measurement and has two channels to simultane-
ously measure two different parameters. The transmitter allows the user to read the measured values, which
could be viewed graphically, as a percentage of the 4-20mA scaling or as the measured value and also to use a
4-20mA output to control the dosing and maintain an accurate chloride concentration. Relay outputs are also
used to trigger alarms when specified values were reached. The transmitter also offers Modbus, and HART
communications making this a versatile unit for many industrial applications. The simple menu structure and easy to read LCD display makes this
very user friendly and an attractive choice for clients. www.bellflowsystems.co.uk

MEMOSENS DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSOR

Endress+Hauser has released the Memosens COS81D hygienic optical sensor for measuring dissolved
oxygen in fermenters and bioreactors used in drinking water and boiler feedwater applications. It can be
used in all measuring points from lab fermenters to production processes. The Memosens COS81D
measures dissolved oxygen, gaseous oxygen and temperature with accuracy up to ±0.2%. It works in process
temperatures from 15 to 280 °F and pressures from 0 to190 psi. The sensor also provides temperature and
partial pressure, as well as raw measured values and connects to a transmitter via a cable that transmits an
optical digital signal. It can withstand CIP and SIP procedures and comes in a compact stainless steel 12mm design with lengths currently up to
220 mm. The sensor has a low sampling volume, making it well suited for residual oxygen measurement in water treatment.
www.us.endress.com/COS81D

ENVIRONMENTAL SENSORS EVALUATION KIT

The SEK-Environmental Sensing allows engineers to evaluate sensors and develop innovative sensor applications even more quickly and easily.
The kit combines plug-and-play hardware with an easy-to-use viewer software, the ControlCenter, enabling
in-depth evaluation of all Sensirion environmental sensors. Each evaluation kit includes a Sensirion Sensor-
Bridge, all required connector cables, as well as various sensor samples. The SensorBridge features two
independent I2C channels that allow simultaneous evaluation of two environmental sensor samples. The
ControlCenter viewer software makes it possible to display and log the sensor signals for multiple sensors
connected to several SensorBridges on the same PC. Different versions of the kit with humidity, temperature
and multi-pixel gas sensor samples are currently available; the evaluation kit will also work with Sensirion’s
upcoming environmental sensor solutions. www.sensirion.com/sek

CALENDAR OF EVENTS ADVERTISERS INDEX

A selection of events related to the water and wastewater industry in 2018 can
be found here. For a full list, visit: www.wwinternational.com and click on the Analytical Technology, Inc. 15 Pentair X-Flow C2
Events tab at the top of the page.
AUMA Riester 21 Plast-O-Matic Valves, Inc. 3
May 14-18, 2018 July 8-12, 2018 Balmoral Tanks 7 Proco Products, Inc. 36
IFAT Singapore International Water Week
Berghof Membranes Reed Manufacturing Company 6
Munich, Germany (SIWW), Singapore
Technology GmbH 38-39
www.ifat.de www.siww.com.sg International Shimadzu DTL GmbH C4
BIO UV C3
May 31-June 2, 2018 September 4-6, 2018 Solinst Canada Ltd. 3
Aquatech China Aqutech Mexico Force Flow Equipment 20
Zoeller Waste Systems Ltd. 17
Shanghai, China Mexico City, Mexico GEA Westfalia Separator 37
www.aquatechtrade.com/china www.aquatechtrade.com/en/mexico
Hach Company 32-33
June 24-27, 2018 September 16-21, 2018
IDA Water Reuse & Recycling IWA World Water Congress & KELLER AG 34-35
Conference,Valencia, Spain Exhibition NETZSCH Pumpen
http://idadesal.org/water-reuse- Tokyo, Japan & Systeme GmbH 25
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