Event Detail
Effluent Quality or Carbon Emissions?
March 25, 2010
- Newcastle upon Tyne UNITED KINGDOM
Aqua Enviro
If the water industry is to take seriously the threats of climate change, the challenge for both the regulators and the water companies is to balance the environmental costs and benefits of wastewater treatment in a manner that considers the wider environmental impacts and not solely the aquatic environment. It is the aim of this course therefore, to consider: 1. What are the relative environmental impacts and benefits of our current treatment regime and which consented parameters deliver negligible measurable benefits? 2. What is the scope for relaxing consents, where this can be shown to demonstrate negligible adverse impacts but large reductions in GHG emissions? 3. What low-carbon treatment alternatives are available, but held back by the consenting regime? 4. What limits on GHG emissions should water companies strive towards for its wastewater treatment activities? We are inviting speakers to contribute to this debate and if you wish to make a presentation please email a proposed title and 3 brief bullet points outlining your talk to sarahhickinson@aquaenviro.co.uk by 16th November 2009.