This project aims to develop a highly energy efficient aeration technology for wastewater treatment. Aeration is ia critical component in wastewater treatment and is energy intensive, consuming around 1% of UK electricity. Current aeration technologies have been in existence for many decades and are energy inefficient and often detrimental to the local environment through foul odours etc.This innovative technology, if adapted throughout the UK is projected to reduce annual CO2 emissions by 800,000 tCO2e. It will also increase the number of engineering jobs within Merseyside and lead to a significant increase in exports of technically advanced products. Of more benefit to people living in the vicinity of wastewater treatment plants, it will reduce the foul odours emanating from such plants.

The SAVE Water project is a unique offering to the water industry not only in the UK but internationally. The technology derived from the project will be the first in-pipe assessment vehicle which will work in live conditions (no customer interruption) which delivers a full sensing package of optical and acoustic inpsection while also carying out a complete structural assessment of the pipe material and any associated linings both factory and retrospectively applied. This technology builds on recent advances in live inspection equipment deployed in higher value industries such as oil and gas and is a much more affordable technology which will enable widescale entry into the UK water sector. International exploitation is clearly identified and can be demonstrated by the consortium who have already entered international markets with othe live in-pipe technologies.

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