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AWARD CATEGORIES 15
Carbon Reduction Initiative
of the Year
Sponsored by
Meet the Sponsor
AECOM, formerly Faber Maunsell, is a
major provider of environmental
engineering services to the water
industry.
It covers the complete range of
engineering applications from the
design of new facilities to the
rehabilitation and renovation of existing
assets. It is committed to providing
sustainable engineering solutions and
advice on all our projects.
Earlier this year, AECOM became
the new name for Faber Maunsell. This
rebranding, which completed Faber
Maunsell’s integration into AECOM
was one of the reasons that AECOM
sponsored this category.
L-R: You know who; Yorkshire Water’s Charlie Haysom; and AECOM’s Simon Aldrich
howing a real commitment to “big picture” reductions in carbon footprint reductions and energy management benefits realised by Thames
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emissions across the water supply function made Yorkshire Water the Water across is AMP5 asset base. The design paradigm includes maximising
judges choice for this category. opportunities for renewable energy generation and maximising treatment
The judges felt that the company’s far-reaching strategy to reduce electricity efficiency per kiloWatt of energy used.
and chemical consumption illustrated that it was prepared to “sacrifice cash” in
order to minimise its carbon footprint. Key objective
Three years ago, Yorkshire Water adopted a strategy to reduce electricity The judges were also impressed by the work that May Gurney Integrated
and chemical consumption, not just to save money but to reduce the carbon Services has carried out to increase capacity at Bradwell Moor Pumping
footprint of each litre of water supplied. Its aim is to reduce electricity Station, and by Imtech Process introducing anaerobic digestion with the
consumption by 2% annually. Technologies introduced to achieve its objectives benefit of renewable power generation at Anglian Water and Dwr Cymru
include renewable energy consumption (wind and hydro-electric); chemical Welsh Water.
dosing automation and control; and Real Time Water Resources Allocation A key objective of May Gurney’s work for Severn Trent Water to increase
Planning, an IT-based system to optimise production and transmission capacity at Bradwell Pumping Station has been to reduce the station’s carbon
of water. footprint and the amount of waste generated. Steps taken included considering
Applying a thermodynamic approach for sustainable asset development and the system characteristics and pump selection to determine the best efficiency
carbon development for Dwr Cymru Welsh Water earned praise for MWH point. The various measures put in place has incurred a capital saving of
from the judges. The panel said that the company’s ability to identify £330,000 and a £10,000 reduction in annual running costs.
embedded carbon and address this at an early stage will allow for significant Imtech Process recognised it could bring carbon reduction innovation and
savings in reduced carbon. best practice to clients. An example of this has been its work on developing and
implementing an Advanced Digestion (AD) scheme at Anglian Water’s Kings
Asset standard Lynn WwTW.
The MWH nitiative concerns best practice development of carbon Developing and delivering Anglian’s Biosolids programme for AMP4
management for the water industry. The initiative formed the basis for its presented an opportunity for Imtech Process to deliver performance in AD
production of Thames Water’s Carbon Management Specification, an asset with the benefit of maximising renewable power generation to provide the
standard for all of the utility’s service providers for AMP5. The carbon lowest sustainable cost of sludge treatment. WIAA 09
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