Anglian Water selects Bluewater Bio’s filtration technology FilterClear in UK

UK-based water company Anglian Water has signed a three year contract with Bluewater Bio International (BwB) for its FilterClear, a multimedia filtration technology.

Anglian will include FilterClear in its tertiary solids removal framework after BwB demonstrated its high performance and operational efficiency to meet increasingly challenging UK discharge consents.

FilterClear technology is being considered as a potential alternative to membrane bio reactor (MBR) or conventional sand filters when stringent solids performance is necessary.

BwB has been awarded a three-year contract with the option to extend for another seven years, the company’s first framework deal in the UK. This follows four months operating a FilterClear demonstration plant at the Cambridge Sewage Treatment Works (STW).

Anglian collected operational and water quality data to exhibit the effectiveness of the technology.

Bluewater Bio International founder and CEO Daniel Ishag said that Anglian Water are one of the UK’s largest utility companies, and are renowned for their robust research and development focus.

"To be selected after undergoing such vigorous testing and validation at their Cambridge facility is further testament to the value proposition that we hope to replicate with many other water companies around the world," he said.

"With stricter discharge consents coming into force, BwB is well placed to capture a significant proportion of Anglian’s tertiary filtration upgrades as a result of both the positive trial and the framework itself. I look forward to working with the Anglian team and their delivery partners to meet these consents."

In order to improve the environment and water quality, water utilities are under pressure to meet stringent consent limits for discharging treated wastewater into water bodies. This is in accordance with the UK’s National Environment Programme.

The Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) is responsible for economic regulation of the privatised water and sewerage industry in England and Wales. Ofwat has also requested water companies to select cost-effective technologies to achieve stringent water consents.

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Image: The Bluewater Bio’s FilterClear technology was selected to meet the stringent effluent discharge limits in UK water bodies. Photo: courtesy of USDA.