Waste water treatment trial
A COMPANY based in Runcorn has secured a deal for its water treatment system to undergo a trial run with Scottish Water.
Arvia Technology, based at the Heath Business And Technology Park, has installed its patented Nyex product in West Lothian.
The system will treat drinking water with the trial assessing the effectiveness of the system in removing organic material from raw water.
Arvia was established in 2007 and uses technology developed at The University Of Manchester.
A spokeswoman for the company said trials have shown the system could remove 68% of organic material from water.
The pilot scheme with Scottish Water is to test the treatment on a larger scale, focusing on working out whether Nyex could be used for hard-to-treat water with a high content of organic material.
Akmez Nabeerasool, Arvia project manager, said: “We are delighted to be taking this pilot project to a scaled-up level, which is the first long-term drinking water application for our Nyex system since approval by the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI).
“The pilot will assess the effectiveness on a range of flow and current parameters and locate the technology at different positions in the treatment train, including ● before and after pre-treatment.”
Allan Mason, Scottish Water senior project manager for business excellence, said: “Research and innovation is key to Scottish Water being able to improve its water and wastewater services and ensure we are operating as efficiently as possible, even in the most remote of our communities.
“The bench trials of the Arvia system produced some excellent results on a difficult-to-treat raw water and I am very excited to see if we can replicate and sustain performance on a larger scale. If it performs well during this pilot, it could potentially offer us another method for treating drinking water in an efficient and cost-effective manner which continues to meet the high standards of service we aim to provide to our customers.”