Three technologies to be taken forward after Spring’s first Accelerator challenge

Water innovation facilitator, Spring, has announced that three technologies are to be fast-tracked under its first ‘Accelerator’ challenge, which asked innovators to find ways to reduce operational emissions.

Ten water companies have come together collaboratively to back the following Accelerator challenge entries:

• Siemens – Optimising performance and emissions reduction using a white-box digital twin of the wastewater treatment process;

• Xylem – Xylem Treatment System Optimisation digital twin-based control platform for process optimisation and greenhouse gas reduction in wastewater treatment; and

• Cobalt Water Global – N2O Risk Decision Support System to significantly reduce total greenhouse emissions at wastewater treatment plants by focusing on nitrous oxide.

Mobilisation workshops with the three innovators and water companies, led by Spring, are now underway, and individual trials are being progressed. Welsh Water, which is running trials of two of the innovations, has already hosted an information sharing session with other water companies. On the completion of individuals trials, a collaborative group trial will be led by Severn Trent Water.