The new Thames Water plant, commissioned in January 2012, has a capacity of 2650 litres per second, more than double the capacity of Veolia’s previous largest UK installation. It is being installed as part of a project to ensure compliance with a new Phosphorus consent implemented in March 2012 under the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive.
The Veolia Hydrotech Discfilters will use self-cleaning rotating discs fitted with 10 micron mesh to remove suspended solids including biomass flocs and precipitated phosphates from effluent to meet a 10mg/l standard.
