A wastewater remedy works in West Lothian has gained a prestigious sustainability award from The Royal Academy of Engineering.
Owned and operated by Scottish Water, the £35m waste water remedy works, which was formally opened in October 2024, has been designed to serve the group by supporting an anticipated fourfold improve in Winchburgh’s inhabitants over the approaching years.
Now Scottish Water, its supply accomplice ESD, (a three way partnership between Binnies, MWH Remedy and Galliford Strive) Haskoning and its UK licence accomplice EPS have been recognised with the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Main Venture Award for Sustainability. The person medal winners are Colin Maybury and Jonny Tyler of Scottish Water, Stephen Fraser (ESD), Andrew Dyne (Haskoning) and Alan Ford (EPS).
The brand new web site’s Nereda® remedy know-how, developed by Haskoning and offered through UK licence accomplice EPS, reduces power utilization by as much as 50% in contrast with options, whereas offering a superb customary of remedy to guard the native surroundings.
The cardio granular biomass on the coronary heart of the Nereda® know-how permits a number of phases of the waste water remedy course of to happen inside one in every of three particular person tanks, working in sequence. This implies extra waste water may be handled quicker and with much less chemical substances, in a smaller web site space and with a much-reduced carbon footprint.
Winchburgh is the second web site in Scotland to make use of the low carbon know-how, following a pioneering venture in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, with the identical provide chain companions. Early collaboration within the design of the West Lothian web site and studying from Inverurie enabled additional vital carbon financial savings from utilizing low carbon stainless-steel reasonably than concrete for the primary tanks, lowered excavation and better use of off-site fabrication. Photo voltaic technology has additionally been fitted to the roof of the location’s management constructing to satisfy a major a part of the location’s remaining power wants; and EV chargers have been put in to help the electrification of Scottish Water’s car fleet.
Winners will obtain their medals at a ceremony in London in July.
Joanne Kay, GM Wastewater Operations, Scottish Water mentioned:
“Winchburgh Waste Water Remedy Works has been designed to help prospects in one of many nation’s fastest-growing communities, and I’m thrilled that the shut collaborative work with our companions has been recognised by means of this prestigious sustainability award.
“Supply of Winchburgh WWTW mirrored a major step ahead for sustainability, driving down carbon emissions in building with out compromising on high quality. Scottish Water will proceed to work with companions to ship the additional enhancements wanted to transcend internet zero emissions by 2040.
“The Wastewater Buyer Service Supply group is immensely proud to function this new state-of-the-art remedy facility at Winchburgh. It stands as a testomony to our dedication to excellence in service supply, environmental stewardship, and group help. The power not solely marks a significant development in wastewater remedy but additionally performs a significant position in safeguarding the native surroundings and assembly the wants of a rising group.”
Peter Walsh, COO, ESD, mentioned:
“Together with our companions Haskoning and EPS, ESD is totally delighted to have gained this 12 months’s RAE sustainability award. We’re proud to be a Scottish Water Alliance Accomplice, defending public well being and the surroundings throughout Scotland.
“The brand new Winchburgh wastewater remedy works is a good step ahead for the environmentally delicate remedy of wastewater. We share Scottish Water’s ambition to attain internet zero by 2040 and the applied sciences used at Winchburgh will assist us obtain that objective. This venture units a transparent benchmark for different comparable tasks deliberate for the longer term.
“This prestigious award is worthy recognition for the entire group. Honest due to my ESD colleagues and our provide chain companions for his or her dedication and experience which has resulted within the profitable completion of this necessary flagship venture.”
Andrew Dyne, Contracts Supervisor, Haskoning mentioned:
“This award is a testomony to what may be achieved by means of true collaboration and a shared dedication to sustainability. At Haskoning, we’re proud to see our Nereda® know-how as soon as once more delivering real-world affect—supporting Scottish Water and the folks of Winchburgh with a future-proof, low-carbon resolution that units a brand new customary for wastewater remedy within the UK.”
Shaun Stevens, UK Common Supervisor, EPS mentioned:
“We’re delighted to see this recognition of the Winchburgh venture by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The scheme was a real exemplar of collaboration between the entire key stakeholders, from the distant design-phase partnership throughout the Covid pandemic, by means of to the deployment of revolutionary know-how and a cutting-edge off-site supply methodology.
“It units a transparent customary and offers a working template for future venture supply. The award is testomony to the progressive considering of the venture companions and the management of the medal winners by means of the venture lifecycle.”
