Helping You Meet Your AMP8 Obligations

Mounting pressure to reduce sewage spills combined with increasing extreme weather events, means that water companies are facing a multitude of challenges. Consequently, with AMP8 also fast approaching, there has never been a better opportunity to innovate and improve your wastewater system. 

Ofwat published its draft methodology for PR24 in July 2022, which states that ‘stretching but achievable’ performance targets are to be implemented for AMP8. 

AMP8 aims to build on existing goals but focus on the implementation and delivery of the ambitious environmental and operational targets of AMP7. As a result, PR24 introduces new and significant investment demands in order to deliver on the sector’s long-term goals.   

One area of particular importance is the use of combined sewer overflows (CSOs), and the resulting spills that so often attract headlines. In 2023 there were 54% more sewage spills in the UK than in 2022, with extreme weather, large urban populations and ageing infrastructure all contributing to the issue. The Met Office has predicted that extreme rainfall events are likely to happen three times more often in 2080 than they did in 1980 for southern regions of the UK. In northern Scotland it is predicted that extreme rainfall is ten times more likely. 

Consequently, with extreme weather the new norm, municipal water facilities must take steps to ensure current targets can be exceeded. As such, our specialist knowledge and suite of industry leading water treatment technologies means a partnership with us can have real value – as we are ideally positioned to find you an effective solution when it comes to meeting your AMP8 obligations. Here’s an overview of just some of the options that have the potential to make a lasting, and positive, change to operations. 

Hubgrade Performance Plant
Hubgrade Performance Plant (HPP) is our smart digital  real time control system that can be adapted for use on a single piece of technology or an entire WWTP or sewage network. Through the creation of a detailed digital twin and real time control, Hubgrade uses real time data, flow and storm forecasting to communicate optimised set points to the network and WWTP. Hubgrade also provides live updates about a system, aiding plant operators in the identification of issues or potential failures before they can have a widespread impact. This enables operators to take a proactive, data-driven approach that provides valuable insights.. By incorporating HPP, wastewater facilities can take a less reactive approach to system and asset management that aligns with Ofwat’s ambitions to futureproof the industry. 

ACTIFLO^®
In terms of technology, our ACTIFLO^® clarification system can be easily implemented to optimise your wastewater facility and decrease the use of CSOs. This range of high-rate clarification units are four to eight times smaller than DAF units, and fifty times smaller than conventional clarification units of a similar capacity. 

This means ACTIFLO^® is the ideal solution for upgrading an existing plant as its efficient, microsand ballasted flocculation process increases the through flow of effluent during an extreme weather event but also requires a minimum amount of space. When combined with Hubgrade, customers have also been able to reduce chemical usage by 50%, resulting in both environmental and OPEX benefits.


HYDROTECH^™ Discfilter
The HYDROTECH^™ Discfilter optimises effluent treatment with a small footprint. The Discfilter is proven to remove TSS and Phosphorous levels <0.25Tp. 

AnoxKaldnes^™ Moving Bed Biological Reactor (MBBR)
Government regulations state that biological treatment should also be part of the process for treating wastewater from CSOs, in order to meet ammonia and biological oxygen demand (BOD) discharge requirements. Our AnoxKaldnes^™ MBBR is a biological solution that uses plastic biofilm carriers with a large surface area for optimal microbial growth. These carriers are suspended and circulated in a wastewater tank to encourage the biological breakdown of BOD and ammonia, all whilst maintaining a small footprint. 

Why not take a few moments to understand what we can offer? To find out more about how we can help your municipal facility meet the targets of AMP8, contact us today.