Update!

We’ve been quiet on the blog front for a wee while… because we’ve been working flat out on our live pilot test site at Scottish Water’s Bo’ness Development Centre here in Scotland.

We are testing for a wide range of parameters and really putting our #CleanAquaForEveryone through its paces. The system is using final effluent, and we’re testing to see what is in the effluent and what we can remove. This is a live sewage treatment plant, so it’s a great opportunity for us to really put CAFE to the test!

Opportunities for CAFE

These tests – and working with final effluent rather than ground or surface water – will demonstrate how close to drinking water we can get from such a contaminated source, but also show us what other opportunities we can develop for the #CleanAquaForEveryone.

For example, as well as to treat water for drinking standards, CAFE could be used as a tertiary  treatment for effluent – making the effluent much cleaner prior to discharge, and helping to improve the marine environment into which the effluent ends up.

Plug’n’play

So far, so good: we moved in in one day, and we were up and running within hours – a true reflection of our aims to be a ‘plug and play’ solution.

Our preliminary results from the first few weeks are outstanding.

Keep checking back to see on our progress.

Trial partly funded and supported from our #UnlockingAmbition grant :)