Winners of OFWAT’s newest Water Breakthrough Challenge have been introduced on 16 Could, and included a challenge to show sewage sludge into hydrogen, and one other one investigating therapy choices for PFAS.
Seventeen companies have been awarded a share of the £40 million prize pot, with each demonstrating dedication to fostering modern approaches to water and waste administration.
Yorkshire Water’ s Sewage Sludge Gasification challenge presents a novel strategy to sludge administration. The product is claimed to be pathogen–free, wealthy in phosphorus and nitrogen, and has for a few years been utilized in agriculture to enrich soil and enhance its moisture retention. The challenge has been awarded £2.3 million to hunt to alleviate vital challenges for the UK water trade and provide an alternative choice to recycling sludge to land.
An Aston College challenge with engineering consultancy ICMEA-UK entails extracting power from the waste produced throughout sewage and water therapy and remodeling it into hydrogen and/or methane, which might then be used generate power for houses or trade.
Extra details about the winners is obtainable here.
