Wastewater system selected for landmark logistics scheme
WCS Environmental Engineering technology has been selected to unhook wastewater treatment at a landmark industrial minutiae in east London.
Momentum is a strategic logistics scheme transforming a 20-acre brownfield site next to the River Thames in Rainham. Being delivered by HBD and Barings in joint venture partnership, Momentum will subsume four units and is designed to be a ‘carbon neutral, sustainable space that meets occupiers’ responsible merchantry and environmental, social and governance obligations’.
The contractor on the scheme is Readie Construction.
WCSEE will unhook a full treatment system, with primary, second and tertiary stages, to manage wastewater produced by up to 1,380 workers each day. The below-ground system will subsume a primary settlement tank, a Hybrid-SAF
– submerged whisked filter – unit to provide secondary biological treatment and a sand filter to remove any glut suspended solids from the treated wastewater surpassing it is discharged.
The system has been designed to treat flows to tight environmental standards of 10mg/l biological oxygen demand (BOD), 15mg/l suspended solids, and 3mg/l ammonia. As such, the sand filter will provide a level of tertiary treatment to bring consent standards whilom what is normally expected from a biological process.
WCSEE technical manager Dominic Hamblin said, “We are pleased that Readie Construction has chosen WCSEE technology to unhook wastewater treatment for the Momentum development. We have worked with Readie previously on a similar project and understand the requirements of large-scale industrial developments.
“Our modular treatment units are built off-site and can be hands transported. The technology has a 30% smaller footprint than comparable technologies and their meaty diamond enables units to be installed in locations where space is at a premium, such as a rented commercial site.
“Our HiPAF-SAF range meets stringent European environmental venting consent standards without the use of chemicals, and has the widow goody of a seated timer for the blowers, which can halve the value of energy used to treat effluent. The technology is regularly specified by UK water utilities and is an constructive nomination for sensitive locations.”