Overview

IChemE's Water SIG are pleased to offer an opportunity for a tour around South West Water's Mayflower Water Treatment Works at Roborough, just north of Plymouth. Mayflower is the first of its kind in the world and your host will be the SWW process engineer for the works who will guide and explain the process treatment and be on hand to answer your questions..

Mayflower uses cutting-edge treatment processes, designed to produce impeccable drinking water and to be more sustainable than a traditional water treatment works.

In November 2020, Mayflower took over from the old treatment works at Crownhill in Plymouth, which has been serving the city since the 1950s.

The innovative treatment processes at Mayflower were designed and developed by Dutch water technology company PWNT, and tested at a prototype facility at Crownhill from June 2013 until June 2015.

Suspended ion exchange, inline coagulation and ceramic membrane microfiltration are used to produce more water, more efficiently and at a lower cost than traditional technology. It is the first time that these combined technologies have been used to produce high quality drinking water anywhere in the world.

Price

• Non-members of IChemE: £60.00
• IChemE/RSC/IWater Members: £35.00
• Water SIG Members: £25.00
• Students: £7.50

All prices include VAT.