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We are thrilled to announce that the Severn Trent Zero Spills Hub competition is set to open on July 22nd, just 4 days away! 🚀🗓️ This exciting initiative offers up to £750,000 in funding for each successful supplier to rapidly trial their innovative solutions and help tackle the critical challenge of storm overflows. 💰💡 Don't miss this opportunity to contribute to a more sustainable future for our water systems! 🌍💧 The Zero Spills Hub is seeking the brightest minds and most innovative technologies in the following key areas: 🔧 Support Optimisation: AI, Smart Control, and low-cost sensor solutions to enhance efficiency and prevent spills across waste networks and treatment facilities. 🌧️ Enable Separation: Methods to effectively separate different waste streams, including surface water separation and rainwater harvesting, to minimize environmental harm. 🌱 Treatment Enhancement: Novel solutions to enhance existing treatment processes and prevent storm overflows within the network. 💧 Smart Storage and Flushing Solutions: Intelligent storage systems and temporary sewer flushing to increase capacity at treatment works and ensure smoother flow. Stay tuned for further announcements and visit https://lnkd.in/d8AycJwN for more information. #ZeroSpillsHub #IsleUtilities #SevernTrent

Severn Trent customers have had the second lowest bill in the England for years, and that’s not changing. You may have seen that Ofwat , our regulator, has given us an early green light on cracking on with most of our plans to deliver billions of pounds of essential investment over the next five years. But at the same time, you can count on us to make sure things stay affordable. We’ll be doubling the amount of people getting financial help with paying their water bill by 2030, as well as reassure you, our customers, that your bill will remain one of the lowest in the country. Find out more on our plan and how we’re improving things for you, visit the link here: http://ms.spr.ly/6046lRyTe.

It’s #YouthEmploymentWeek, and providing meaningful work experience, and the chance to learn new skills - helps to inspire and motivate young people into the world of work. Alongside placements, apprenticeships, internships and the job opportunities we offer, we’re proud to also partner with local schools across the Midlands and worked with around 5,000 students– positively shaping their future. We’re also able to provide hundreds of work experience opportunities every year, we welcomed over 560 young people through our doors last year, giving them a taster into the working world. Sharan Gill, Education Officer says: “Young people need information about careers and the skills to join the world of work when they are older. “We’re able to provide employability skills and training, mock interviews, things like CV writing, how to ace interviews, growing confidence and relationship building to help positively shape a young person’s future.” We’d encourage anyone – at any age in fact – to check out what opportunities we have available to help kickstart a career with us here: http://ms.spr.ly/6044lOR8K. #YEW

We’re working hard to make a positive difference to the health of rivers and streams in hundreds of places across the region. Here, one of the team, David, talks about the work going on at Church Stretton in Shropshire. The new storm tanks we’re building here will hold thousands of litres of extra rainwater after heavy rain, before releasing it slowly to our treatment works. That will lead to fewer spills into local rivers – better for everyone. This is one part of our £450 million investment into restoring river health and reducing the use of storm overflows. To find out more, go to http://ms.spr.ly/6044lzUaw

She’s the inspiring supermum who juggled raising two daughters and TEN foster kids during a record-breaking 47-year career at Severn Trent. IT and software licensing expert Cathy Wood, 63, is the second longest serving female employee out of 9,000 workers here at Severn Trent. Her many roles over the years have included helping customers, introducing computer technology, and providing data to decide on potential hosepipe bans. Part of her role was delivering post direct to desks, in the days before computers and emails. She recalled: “It was a great way to get to know people and we sometimes had a laugh by throwing the letters and making people catch them! Today, her job involves keeping track of all technology inventory at sites and the licences and software needs. She also helps employees with licensing technology issues. Cathy, whose official title is Configuration Software Licence Analyst, said: “I remember we only had one computer at some sites and people had to queue to use it - and the first mobile phones were the size of bricks! “Technology changed the way we work. The emergence of software like Microsoft Teams means you can be anywhere and still connect directly with others in the business. That was vital in lockdown.” Looking to the future, she has no plans to retire anytime soon and added: “This is my second home. I’ve been here for 47 years, longer than I’ve been married, had my own home, and longer than I’ve had children. “I have a great job and work with wonderful people. Thank you for the memories!” Thank you, Cathy ❤️

We’re delighted that our regulator Ofwat has recognised our 2025-2030 business plan as ‘Outstanding’. Our 5 year plan will be a record investment boost for the region - keeping bills affordable and the second lowest in the country and delivering the best outcomes for our customers and the communities we serve. Read more about our plan and what it means for you here: http://ms.spr.ly/6043lKqyT

Here we are at the final part of our documentary on the development of our Net Zero Hub at Strongford in Staffordshire. In this final short episode, our Chief Executive, Liv Garfield, Chief Engineer, Bob Stear, and partners from Aarhus Vand and Melbourne Water Water reflect on the work that we’ve delivered in this first year of the Strongford Net Zero Hub project and what this could mean for the future. We believe absolutely that the work that we’re delivering at Strongford – in collaboration with some truly amazing partners, from start-ups to multinational firms – will be fundamental to developing a blueprint for all water companies to help them achieve their net zero commitments. For more information and to view the full documentary and a series of Q&As with myself, Bob and Liv Garfield visit the Net Zero Hub page on the Severn Trent website. Thanks for joining us for this update on the first year of work at the Strongford Net Zero Hub. We’re already looking forward to showing you more when the site is fully commissioned and operational. To find out more watch the video here: http://ms.spr.ly/6042l1bCs #netzero #innovation #partnershipworking #watertreatment #emissions

At Severn Trent , we’re always thinking about the future. It makes sense then that the penultimate episode of our documentary on the development of the world’s first Net Zero Hub, is all about what else we’re aspiring to deliver at this world-first site. In previous episodes, we’ve explored why the Strongford Net Zero Hub is so important in finding solutions to some of the issues presented to us through climate change, look in more detail at some of the processes involved, and reflected on the lessons we’ve learned in the first year. But what about the future? I sat down with Severn Trent’s Circular Economy Architect, Peter Vale , to have a chat through what other parts of the treatment process we can explore. From the repurposing of the grit and materials that are captured by the inlet screens, to introducing different bacteria at our activated sludge plants to cut out nitrous dioxide altogether, and recovering ammonia that can then be transformed into fertilisers or fuels, there are a vast range of potential technological applications. As well as ongoing problems like removal of microplastics and destruction of “forever chemicals” like PFAS and PFOS, we’re also exploring how sludge can be treated using advanced thermal conversion to create biochar, and produce an energy-rich gas to generate electricity. To find out more visit: http://ms.spr.ly/6041l1jdh #netzero #pfas #pfos #foreverchemicals #biochar #innovation #watertreatment #gritrecovery #nitrousdioxide #emissions Melbourne Water Aarhus Vand

Delivering a global first naturally means that there are plenty of lessons to be learned. In the third episode of our insider’s view of our work to deliver the world’s first Net Zero Hub at our site in Strongford, we reflect on some of the lessons we’ve learned on our journey so far. It’s absolutely vital that we’re working with partners who share our culture and, importantly, the belief in what we’re doing and the truly transformational impacts that it can deliver for our industry around the world. In some cases, the companies behind these amazing technologies have never worked in the water sector before and bringing together such a wide range of disparate suppliers to integrate their products on a single site has provided a range of unique challenges for us. But ultimately it’s this sense of collaboration that has helped us to move so quickly, installing and bringing up to operation an array of different technologies in just under a year. Underpinning this spirit of collaboration is strong knowledge-sharing, being able to communicate effectively through our design and delivery partners, Atkins and JN Bentley respectively, who have integrated these technologies into the existing on-site assets. To find out more visit the video here: http://ms.spr.ly/6048l1jjI #lessonslearned #netzero #innovation #partnershipworking #emissions #watertreatment Melbourne Water Aarhus Vand

Do you want to know more about some of the technologies that we’ve put in place at our Strongford Net Zero Hub? In the second part of our documentary series, we take a closer look at some of the innovations that we’ll be running at the site. While a large part of what we’re doing at Strongford is around finding ways to reduce our environmental impacts – through implementation of innovative technologies like the SUEZ Actilayer which converts nitrous dioxide into harmless N202 - we’re also looking for ways to make our processes more efficient. This includes implementing cellulose recovery (through technology from CIRTEC ), or the capture and removal of toilet paper from sewage which can then be recycled into a valuable and sustainable material that can be used across a range of industries. We’re also identifying greater efficiencies in our sludge extraction and treatment processes including work with ELIQUO HYDROK Hydrok to maximise the amount of biogas we can extract; optimisation of the digestion process through our use of Royal HaskoningDHV Eyphra technology; and collaboration with hydrolysis experts, Cambi to reduce the need for heat in the digestion process. The Net Zero Hub also provides a perfect opportunity for us to develop an improved holistic understanding of our processes by testing predictive modelling through the creation of a #DigitalTwin, which will allow us to optimize our technologies and reduce energy consumption on the site. To find out more watch the video here: https://lnkd.in/ey2vngc2 #netzero #innovation #technology #transformationaltech #greenhousegas #emissions #watertreatment Melbourne Water Aarhus Vand