Water Equipment Show

We look forward to welcoming you to the next edition of The Water Equipment Show on the 11th May 2023.

Our 2023 programme is listed below.

Filter Agenda:

Thursday May 11th 2023

8:30 - 16:00
Exhibition Open

The Water Equipment Show exhibition opens at 08:30hrs and the Technical Sessions open at 09:30hrs with the “Welcome presentation”.

The Water Equipment Show is the leading event for those operating within the water and wastewater industries, showcasing the wide range of equipment and services that are available from many of the leading manufacturers, suppliers and contractors. 

The show closes at 16:00hrs.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Exhibition Area
9:30 - 9:45
Welcome & Introduction to the Water Equipment Show 2023
Bob Went
Type: Live Presentations
Location: Exhibition Area
Bob Went

Bob Went 
Chairman 
Pump Centre 
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9:45 - 10:15
A1: Systems Approach to Energy Efficiency Improvements
Ciaran Heaney

Thames Water has over 4000 wastewater pumping stations and more than 1000 clean water pumping stations and over time, a combination of changes such as increases in the required duty of a station (growth or climate change), pump wear, pressure management (leakage reduction) can mean that pumps can be operating significantly outside preferred operating ranges, with consequent impacts on pump service life and efficiency.   The presentation will discuss a range of tools and approaches Thames Water is utilising to improve understanding of pumping systems to drive pump efficiency and service life improvements and how the approach is being extended to wastewater aeration blower systems.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room A: Main Conference
Ciaran Heaney

Ciaran Heaney 
Head of Above Ground Engineering Engineering and Assets 
Thames Water 
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9:45 - 10:15
B1: The use of self-priming pumps within the Wastewater Industry
Trevor Ellott

Presenting examples of where self-priming pumps have aided in reducing life cycle costs, solved problems where traditional pumps had failed, removed health and safety concerns and greatly reduced maintenance costs through innovative design features. Focus is on UK water industry where these pumps have provided many solutions to existing issues on both new and refurbishment projects.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room B: Pumps and Pumping
Trevor Ellott

Trevor Ellott 
Hydromarque 
Sales Director 
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9:45 - 10:15
C1: How to select the right air blower technology to improve efficiency & reduce TCO
Kirk Lyons

The presentation discusses:

• Air Blower Technologies
• Blowers in Water Treatment Applications
• Performance data and blower sizing
• Variable Speed Drives and integrated control systems
• Start up and Safety valves
• Whole life costs

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room C: Water Industry Focus
Kirk Lyons

Kirk Lyons 
National Sales Manager 
Atlas Copco 
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9:45 - 10:15
D1: High-Definition Shock Pulse Monitoring on slow-speed Water Applications.
John Loane

This presentation shows Severn Trent Water’s successful attempt to monitor RBC bearings and the journey and path taken to get there. Working with the Asset Care Team we have concentrated our efforts on RBC’s (Rotating Biological Contactors). With very low RPM (around 1rpm) our aim was to provide a clear and easy understanding of results to monitor the bearings with accuracy. My presentation is about the journey to monitor these bearings and successfully call some lubrication issues and early signs of damage saving Severn Trent Water thousands of £’s in downtime and unplanned failure.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room D: Technology & Innovation
John Loane

John Loane 
Training Manager and Technical Sales Engineer 
SPM Instruments UK 
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10:30 - 11:00
A2: Pump efficiency and reliability gains when operating at BEP with Thames Water
Bashir BajwaHollie Cook

The presentation relates to a case study of the Honor Oak pump station at TW. A detailed investigation to identify the system curve and match this to the pump curve allows us to validate the duty point with respect to BEP. This exercise has allowed us to identify that even though operationally the pump is delivering its output the detailed evaluation has identified that the cost of production is significantly higher than it should be due the actual operating point with respect to BEP when delivering into a network that is responding to consumer demand. With today’s energy costs this has identified that selecting a pump that is operating at BEP would provide TW with a payback for the additional investment within 1 year and thus reducing the future cost of all production. In addition, operating the pump at or close to its BEP will result in increasing the Mean Time Between Failure thus providing resilience and reliability and providing additional benefits and cost savings for TW.

The basis of our investigation is through incremental changes identified through the analysis of the system curve. BEP envelope and actual network demand to determine the ideal pump selection which has identified significant savings that are achievable via a detailed analysis and understanding of each system.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room A: Main Conference
Bashir Bajwa

Bashir Bajwa 
Principal Mechanical Engineer 
Thames Water 
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Hollie Cook

Hollie Cook 
Mechanical Apprentice 
Thames Water 
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10:30 - 11:00
B2: First Principles of Pump Selection “Challenging the Status Quo”
Paul West

Developments in (non-metallic) materials, specifically internal coatings and PEEK wear rings have given significant improvements to quoted pump efficiencies, but these benefits are not permanent and require regular overhauls to be maintained.

The recent unprecedented increase in OPEX costs means that a reset in pump selection methodology maybe beneficial. 

The purpose of this presentation is to re-emphasise the relationship between specific speed and ‘built-in’ pump efficiency, highlighting the main sources of pump internal losses.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room B: Pumps and Pumping
Paul West

Paul West 
Projects Manager 
Torishima 
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10:30 - 11:00
C2: Optimising (SPS) operational sewerage pump station equipment access and hoisting efficiency and safety
Alek Cooper

Sewerage pumps stations (SPS) can present some formidable design, operational management, tasking efficiency and safety challenges – particularly for ‘out of hours’ solo workers. This presentation draws on accumulated, shared, and learned experience gained from working with a variety of site operators, equipment OEM’s and other stakeholders, in order to provide an insight into how many common SPS and other water industry, access and taking risks can potentially, be more effectively mitigated whilst simultaneously improving operational efficiencies. The primary aim being to demonstrate how more can be achieved with less. Equipment innovations and utilisation techniques will be practically demonstrated in conjunction with presented video, and pictorial materials referencing wastewater operator case study feedback.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room C: Water Industry Focus
Alek Cooper

Alek Cooper 
National Sales Manager 
Reid Lifting 
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10:30 - 11:00
D2: Electric motors and the vast opportunities they present for saving energy
Martin Richardson

Electric motors are the workhorse of industry and in particular the water and wastewater industries where they account for approximately 90% of the electrical energy use. This session will discuss technology advancements, upcoming legislation changes, case studies and the merits of introducing a motor policy to help drive an approach that will save money and energy. 

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room D: Technology & Innovation
Martin Richardson

Martin Richardson 
Water Framework Manager 
ABB Limited 
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11:15 - 11:45
A3: A step change for pumping station and catchment optimisation
Jez PalmerAdam Jessop

This presentation will cover how Anglian Water and Schneider Electric joined forces to improve pumping station and catchment optimisation, resulting in reduced flood events and optimised wastewater operations.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room A: Main Conference
Jez Palmer

Jez Palmer 
Business Development Manager 
Schneider Electric Ltd 
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Adam Jessop

Adam Jessop 
Strategic Optimisation SMART Networks Manager 
Anglian Water 
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11:15 - 11:45
B3: Achieving net zero in pump manufacture
Simon Oakes

An overview of how new pump design can achieve high operational efficiency, high resilience and achieve legislative requirements while simultaneously reducing impact in manufacturing. To deliver high-performance operational results that reduce environmental impact.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room B: Pumps and Pumping
Simon Oakes

Simon Oakes 
Director 
Wilo Pumps 
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11:15 - 11:45
C3: Reducing Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions by using Permanent Magnet Motors within Borehole Pumps
Mark Webb

Energy consumption and the associated CO2 emissions are together with operational reliability the main drivers of TOTEX in Water Utility systems. It is the responsibility of manufacturers to bring products to market that counter these challenges. There is the possibility of 10%-point motor efficiency gain and reduced system complexity through the use of a borehole pump with permanent magnet motors.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room C: Water Industry Focus
Mark Webb

Mark Webb 
Sales Manager for Water Utility 
Grundfos 
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11:15 - 11:45
D3: Designing efficient land drainage pumping stations with minimum environmental impact.
Martin van Nieuwenhuyzen

Land drainage pumping stations can be made more energy efficient by using the most efficient pumps, including of VSD’s etc. However, what is not always considered are the efficiencies that can be gained through the whole pumping station system, which includes smart, low CO2 ancillary product selection such as HDPE non-return valves.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room D: Technology & Innovation
Martin van Nieuwenhuyzen

Martin van Nieuwenhuyzen 
Sales Director 
Aquatic Control Engineering 
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12:00 - 12:30
A4: Delivering more than just hydraulic efficiency
Chris HarveyAdam Ashman

YWS have recently installed over 100 Concertor pumps and aims to replace 760 (<10kW) pumps in total. With an 84% reduction in reactive work compared to the previous 5 years, YWS are seeing efficiency beyond power savings. When YWS start installing the Concertor Gateway, further efficiencies will be realised i.e. fat ring reduction, main cleaning, lower specific energy etc. Beyond the efficiency realised from the Concertor’s functionality, the partnership between YWS and Xylem continues to realise consequential efficiencies.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room A: Main Conference
Chris Harvey

Chris Harvey 
Market Development Manager 
Xylem 
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Adam Ashman

Adam Ashman 
Head of Wastewater Process and Pumping 
Yorkshire Water 
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12:00 - 12:30
B4: Efficiency Degradation in Rotodynamic Pumps
Robbie Graham

The aim of our presentation is to outline the importance of maintaining efficiency across the lifetime of a pump and how efficiency degradation can be prevented or reduced by means of improved pump design and operation.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room B: Pumps and Pumping
Robbie Graham

Robbie Graham 
Sales Engineer 
SPP Pumps 
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12:00 - 12:30
C4: Environmental Effects on Blowers- Design and Installation Best Practices
Russell Frost

A presentation for comparison between OPEX & CAPEX with an in-depth look into the considerations of working with Total Cost of Ownership.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room C: Water Industry Focus
Russell Frost

Russell Frost 
Product Manager 
Robuschi/Ingersoll Rand 
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12:00 - 12:30
D4: How Open Industrial Ecosystems Deliver a Step Change
John Mackey

Learn how using components of standardisation and collaboration can drive efficiency in the water sector with Siemens. By providing the right information from industrial system via edge and cloud technology, learn how the water sector can make informed decisions to reduce operational costs, improve quality and sustainably move towards AMP8

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room D: Technology & Innovation
John Mackey

John Mackey 
Digitalisation Sales Specialist 
Siemens 
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14:00 - 14:30
A5: Enhanced efficiency through innovative pumping technology and digital solutions
Damian Clifford

SEEPEX have developed products and services as a result of consultation with customers understanding their “hurt” points - mostly revolving around asset efficiency and reactive maintenance. SEEPEX are able to demonstrate how the product has been developed to restore and maintain efficiency and when coupled with monitoring can increase the uptime and predict when maintenance is required reducing costly inefficient unplanned maintenance.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room A: Main Conference
Damian Clifford

Damian Clifford 
Commercial Leader 
SEEPEX UK 
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14:00 - 14:30
B5: Enhanced solids handling pump range drives efficiency with lowest total cost of ownership
Gary Leatherbarrow

Bedford Pumps range of enhanced solids handling suspended bowl pumps to provide maximum efficiency on treated effluent applications. Engineered to handle solids with danger chance of ragging the range offers enhanced life and lower maintenance costs resulting in the lowest total cost of ownership. The presentation will include a case study for United Utilities with a review of its current state of play, four years after installation.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room B: Pumps and Pumping
Gary Leatherbarrow

Gary Leatherbarrow 
Sales Director 
Bedford Pumps 
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14:00 - 14:30
C5: Space-saving carbon reduction systems
Dale Foster

We will explain the benefits of the system which are an alternative to primary settlement tank construction on new works, space-saving integration into existing works to provide increased capacity and separation of primary sludge with a significant reduction in (COD/BOD/TSS) as well as significant energy savings via reduction of the loading on the existing biological treatment systems on the works. The presentation will provide a structured walk-through of the drivers, solution, system design and options followed by the data supporting the performance of the process.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room C: Water Industry Focus
Dale Foster

Dale Foster 
Business Development Manager 
HUBER Technology 
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14:00 - 14:30
D5: Measuring between the gaps of Harmonics and EMC to keep your systems running as they should
John Mitchell

Discussion on the topic of Supra Harmonics and its effects on peripheral equipment within a pumping station with real live case studies as references. What they are, how to measure them and how to resolve them.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room D: Technology & Innovation
John Mitchell

John Mitchell 
Global Sales and Marketing Director 
CP Automation 
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14:45 - 15:15
A6: Using Edge Analytics & Digital Twin Technology to Improve Pump System Efficiency
Matt Rolls

The presentation will focus on a digital solution for improving pump system resilience and efficiency. It will look at some of the challenges with pump operation and how the tool can solve these challenges for operators, engineers and managers. It will also include insights into the digital platform and a case study of a pump system in operation.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room A: Main Conference
Matt Rolls

Matt Rolls 
Vice President of Business Development 
Specific Energy 
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14:45 - 15:15
B6: Improve your pump life cycle costs
Jim Miller

With the drive to reduce energy consumption and reduce operation costs in the working life of a pump, we will detail how to optimise efficiency and save operations costs.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room B: Pumps and Pumping
Jim Miller

Jim Miller 
Sales Channel Manager 
Celeros Flow Technology 
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14:45 - 15:15
C6: Wastewater inlet processes best practice design and getting the most out of your inlet assets
Darren Howarth

Within the wastewater process ensuring the inlet screening is performing well is paramount to keeping costs and resources to an acceptable level throughout the whole treatment facility, this presentation takes a look at how to plan a great inlet and how to get the best out of it.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room C: Water Industry Focus
Darren Howarth

Darren Howarth 
Inlet Process Range Manager 
United Utilities 
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14:45 - 15:15
D6: Smart Factories and Utilities Need Flexible Edge Tech
David Evanson

The focus on “getting data” from controls and sensors to central systems or the cloud can lead inflexible data gateway or IoT investments which may limit the ability to realise value from Big Data efforts. A more adaptable approach to what tech is deployed alongside RTUs and control systems can pay dividends in several ways: allowing logic and results from offline analysis to be “pushed back” closer to the source; enabling edge-deployed real-time analytics; enabling more data collection/distribution options over time; and putting open-architecture computing/processing power in place that can be used for different purposes over time. Rather than thinking of “smart” as being exclusively linked to Big Data, we see this combination of flexible tech and flexible edge software as enabling a “Small Data” approach that supplements the more expensive (and often longer) Big Data efforts.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room D: Technology & Innovation
David Evanson

David Evanson 
Corporate Vendor Relationship Manager 
Novotek UK 
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15:20 - 15:50
B7: TRAINING SESSION: Optimising Centrifugal Pump Reliability and Efficiency
Kevin Gaunt

There are many reasons why, even when the correct pump is selected, the reliability and efficiency of Centrifugal Pumps is often lower than anticipated. This presentation examines some of the key factors that impact on reliability and efficiency and suggests how maintenance activity, new technology and pump performance checks can all help optimise long-term performance.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room B: Pumps and Pumping
Kevin Gaunt

Kevin Gaunt 
Principal Consultant, Mechanical Engineering 
Pump Centre 
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15:20 - 15:50
C7: A new technique in the collection, separation, and discharge of floating sludge in an energy effective way
Johan Jubner

Presentation of SurfCleaner’s work with using gravimetric separation to collect, separate and discharge floating sludge while minimising power consumption and water wastage.

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room C: Water Industry Focus
Johan Jubner

Johan Jubner 
VP Nordic Sales 
SurfCleaner 
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15:20 - 15:50
D7: TRAINING SESSION: Galvanic Corrosion: Friend or Foe?
Maxine Watson

Foe: Galvanic corrosion can result in rapid failure. Two different metals in contact in a wet environment, only one metal corrodes.  Find out why and how this occurs.

Friend: Galvanic corrosion enables us to use sacrificial coatings and anodes to protect high value assets. In wet environments expensive metals can be protected from corrosion by connecting them to a cheaper metal which slowly corrodes.  What are the pros and cons of this approach to corrosion protection?

Type: Exhibition
Location: Room D: Technology & Innovation
Maxine Watson

Maxine Watson 
Principal Consultant, Metallurgy 
Pump Centre 
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