Acoustic Sensing Technology chosen as finalist for Imagine H20 water data


challenge 2017 Acoustic Sensing Technology (UK) Ltd are proud to be the only UK Company chosen to take part in Imagine H2O, the global water innovation accelerator. The company will be honoured at the USA’s annual Water Gala to be held in San Francisco in March 2017, as part of 8th Imagine H2O accelerator programme.


As 1 of only 12 companies chosen, from 180 companies across 20 countries, the Company’s SewerBatt™ technology suite and its strategy for international export development to meet the global demand for ensuring resilient water infrastructure, were the key ingredients for selection.


"This is an impressive group of companies doing important work in their chosen area," said Paul Gagliardo, Innovation Director at American Water and member of the judging panel. "Scaling their business through Imagine H2O's program will be a unique opportunity to bring their innovations to market."


Acoustic Sensing’s innovative data analytics platform, enables those charged with the upkeep and maintenance of the nation’s drain & sewer networks to undertake rapid surveys using sonar. Information captured is then processed and analysed on SewerBatt™ Vision - a purpose-built, state of the art cloud platform - developed specifically by Acoustic Sensing Technology UK Ltd and supported by Microsoft, using their Azure cloud computing technology.


By using SewerBatt™ Vision, asset owners in the water, rail, and highways sectors are able to have a much clearer visualisation of individual asset performance - enabling far more rapid and targeted investment decision making for those assets that require it and helping to significantly reduce highly polluting and disruptive flood events.


Imagine H2O, is the global water industry’s leading innovation accelerator, with participants representing 10% of all early-stage investment in the water industry. Since 2009, they have supported over 650 business start-ups in more than 30 countries; inspiring people to deploy and develop innovation to solve global water challenges.


Theorganization's flagship Imagine H2O accelerator provides water entrepreneurs with the resources, insight and visibility to launch and scale successful businesses.


CDEnviro’s Innovation leads to awards shortlisting


CDEnviro’s S:MAX G – a sludge screening system used in the pre-treatment stage in waste water treatment– is a finalist for the category of Most Innovative New Technology in the Water Industry Achievement Awards’.


Its abilities have been proved at Northumbrian Water, which was experiencing efficiency loss due to grit in its digesters. Each one needed to be cleaned out when capacity reached 250 tonnes; typically every seven years.


Cleaning costs in the wastewater treatment industry are substantial with 50% loss of production for two weeks, re-processing costs, supplementary transportation, additional man hours, 0% production for a further two weeks, and the costs of a cleaning contractor and final disposal. A 1,000m3 digester clean out could cost up to £100,000.


In August 2016 Northumbrian water trialled the S:MAX G at a site with three digesters. Extrapolated data indicates that over a seven-year period, 525 tonnes could be processed effectively, and therefore would not enter the digester tanks. This would result in the digester tanks only having to be cleaned out every 23 years.


An industry first – the S:MAX G uses high-frequency vibrations to recover grit and rag from the process line.


The S:MAX G, launched in 2016, is a configuration of the S:MAX which screens rag. The S:MAX G includes new technologies which can separate rag and grit as independent outputs. Grit is removed in the pre- treatment stage, reducing wear and maintaining capacity in tanks further down the treatment line.


Peter Hayes, Business Development Executive at CDEnviro, said, “We work closely with our customers to identify innovative ways to solve problems, so we’re delighted that our wastewater solution has been shortlisted in this award. In the wastewater treatment industry, the problems associated with rag and grit have troubled operators for years.”


“These problems have almost become tolerated in treatment works today with operators becoming comfortable with a duty/standby approach being adopted. This however is not addressing the core issue; rag and grit need to be removed from the flow process as quickly as possible. With our innovative screening system we, and our customers, are tackling this issue head-on.”


The Award winners will be announced on the night of Tuesday 23 May at a ceremony at The Vox, Birmingham.


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