Low Carbon Footprint Sewage System

In the UK there has been the opening of a new odor-free sewage plant at Sutton St. James in Lincolnshire. The £4 million sewage scheme is powered by Aero-Fac which is a wind powered technology to minimize costs.

John Forkin, Anglian Water Contracts Manager, said: "We are committed to providing environmentally friendly and cost efficient solutions. The Aero-Fac system offers a low carbon footprint solution both for construction and the long term operational costs. The system has no odor during normal operation and the earth banks around the cells give a visual aspect which is in keeping with the rural environment."

John Gillett, Managing Director of Gurney Environmental Ltd., explains the Aero-Fac system incorporates a number of unique features.

"Not the least of which is a self-digesting sludge process that requires no pre-screening, sedimentation tanks or clarifiers, no sludge removal, dewatering or conditioning, and best of all, no routine sludge disposal and the associated lorry traffic in and out of the works. All sludge is continuously self digested within the initial treatment stage."

With a commitment to lowering its carbon footprint, Anglian Water has another three Aero-Fac and Accel-o-Fac plants due for completion later in 2009.