Monitoring CSOs Part 2: Success Stories

“Monitoring CSOs Part 2” aims to showcase success stories of sensor implementation in Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) to meet the requirements outlined in the Environment Act 2021. The workshop will feature presentations and panel discussions from relevant professionals, providing valuable insights into key issues related to successful implementation of sensing technologies.

The Environment Act 2021 empowers the government to establish long-term and legally binding environmental targets, including those for water quality and biodiversity in rivers and watercourses. Climate change is causing increased peak flows in sewer networks, leading to more frequent and voluminous CSO spills, highlighting the need for advanced sensing technologies and data analytics.

This workshop will showcase successful implementations of sensing technologies and data analytics in CSOs, including case studies of end-user adoption. It will explore the latest advancements in sensing technologies and data analytics, highlighting solutions that meet the requirements outlined in the Environment Act 2021.

In summary, the Monitoring CSOs Part 2 workshop provides academics and industry professionals with valuable insights into successful sensor implementation in CSOs. The presentations and panel discussions cover sensor deployment in rivers and on wastewater assets, installation and maintenance of sensors, latest advancements in the field, and solutions that enable compliance with the Environment Act 2021. 

SWIG will be holding a raffle for a bottle of whisky, with the winner to be announced at the event. Click here for more details.

Recommended accommodation: The Belmore, Sale

Draft Agenda (updated as details are received):

09:30 Tea, coffee & registration

09:55 Introduction from Endress+Hauser & the Chairman, David Ineson & Mike Strahand 

10:10  Simon Browning, The Rivers Trust: The Rivers Trust Reflections On The Environment Act Monitoring Requirements, And An Introduction To The CaSTCo* Project  

10:25 Thomas Ogden, Yorkshire Water: Implementing The Requirements  Of The Environment Act On The River Wharfe 

10:40 Vivart Kapoor, Endress+Hauser: Water Management 4.0: How The Connected Experience Is Revolutionizing The Wastewater Industry And River Monitoring 

10:55 PANEL 1 DISCUSSION

11:20 Refreshments and networking

12:00 Mehdi Khoury, University of Exeter: Serious Gaming As A Tool For Mitigation 

12:15 Matt Stevenson, Seneye: CSO & STW Monitoring; Could Aquaculture Offer An Innovative Solution? 

12:30 James Chapman & Darren Hanson, Xylem: Environment Act 2021 - How To Overcome Data Uncertainty In Water Quality Monitoring 

12:45 PANEL 2 DISCUSSION

13:15 Kara Sadler, Z-Tech: Solving The CSO Challenges Of Today, Yesterday, When Time And Cost Are Against You

13:30 Lunch

14:30 Rob Stevens, Proteus Instruments: A step change in approach to providing better, more accurate and low maintenance data for the Environment Act

14:45 Oliver Hofmann, South West Sensors: Microfluidic Colorimetric Approach To Environmental & CSO Water Quality Monitoring 

15:00 PANEL 3 DISCUSSION

15:30 Tour of Endress+Hauser training facility

16:00 Close

*CaSTCo= Catchment Systems Thinking Co-operative