The Opportunity
Harper Adams University, the leading specialist university tackling the future development of our planet's food production, processing, animal sciences, engineering, land management and sustainable business, uses borehole water for all requirements across the campus. To cope with expansion, a new borehole was required with a new water treatment plant room and adi Environmental was asked to provide the treatment package to remove iron and manganese from the water supply to comply with drinking water regulations.
The Solution
To remove these impurities, older systems relied on very large surface area sand filters to enable effective treatment, particularly for the required flow of 40,000 litres per hour. Through the use of innovative filter media, adi Environmental were are to significantly reduce the size and cost of the new plant. As well as a much smaller footprint and capital cost, the system requires significantly less backwashing, reducing water consumption and waste water disposal costs.
The Benefits
- Very small footprint
- Less water consumption for backwashing
- Less waste water costs
- Energy savings for our customer
- Viable return on investment
- Reduced servicing costs
- Continuous supply to drinking water regulations for both humans and animal
adi Environmental took our original specification and suggested new filter media, which has significantly reduced both Capital investment costs as well as the Operational costs. The system was installed and commissioned on time and within budget. Our thanks go to the whole adi Environmental team. As a result, we are now looking at other cost saving opportunities with adi Group.
Harper Adams University
Bore-hole water pre-treatment project
Space optimisation achieved
