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Come and see us at WETEX & Dubai Solar Show

WETEX and Dubai Solar Show organised by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), are in line with Dubai’s vision to build a sustainable future for the Emirate and is held annually under the directive of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai and under the patronage of HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy.

Come and visit us at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) to learn more about our award-winning advanced technologies and how they are helping solve some of the most pressing issues around water scarcity in the region.

Schedule a 1-2-1 meeting with our sales team or visit our stand (5C 18)

We hope to see you in Dubai!

Come and see us at the European Wastewater Management Conference & Exhibition

The European Wastewater Management Conference & Exhibition provides an essential annual update on the latest innovations, best practice,cutting-edge technology and research in the wastewater sector.

Join us live at The Hilton NEC in Birmingham or virtually through the online event platform, where you can learn about our best-in-class technologies and how they are enabling UK Water Companies to meet the most stringent discharge consents.

Schedule a 1-2-1 meeting with our UK Sales Manager, Andrew Bibby

We hope to see you in Birmingham!

FilterClear technology continues to deliver superior performance in helping Water companies achieve tight consents across the UK

Bluewater Bio secures further seven phosphorus removal contracts with Wessex Water

Recognised as the fastest-growing UK and European water solutions provider, the Company’s FilterClear technology continues to deliver superior performance in helping Water companies achieve tight consents across the UK

Having successfully executed 4 phosphorus removal contracts with Wessex Water in 2021, BwB were invited to bid on a competitive framework tender process for the next batch of schemes. FilterClear was successful in showcasing its technical and commercial credentials and has subsequently been awarded a significant proportion of Wessex Water’s upcoming phosphorus removal programme.

Andrew Bibby, UK Business Development Manager of BwB, commented: “FilterClear’s proven performance, reliability and lowest operational cost in stringent P removal applications is now being recognised by most UK water companies. The awards from Wessex add to a quickly growing UK reference list of tight TP consent works, where FilterClear’s robust performance is clearly being demonstrated.”

The projects, due to be delivered over the next two years, range in size from 28 L/s, at Bishops Lydeard STW, to the largest site at Yeovil STW, where FilterClear will treat nearly 400 L/s. One of the recognised merits of FilterClear is its ability to satisfy not only this AMP’s requirements, but also the future AMP 8 requirement without additional costs.   

Fergus Rooksby, Commercial Director of Bluewater Bio, added: “It’s been a pleasure working closely with Wessex, who from the outset recognised the challenges that the large UK P removal programme was going to exert on the supply chain and have proactively sought early supply chain engagement and brought forward schemes to avoid the inevitable congestion likely to occur later in the AMP. Their optioneering and delivery teams have sought to standardise the roll-out wherever possible bringing further efficiencies to design, construction and the resulting assets.”

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Successful completion of HYBACS upgrade at Tubli further enhances Bahrain’s water strategy

Bluewater Bio, recognised as the fastest-growing UK and European water solutions provider, has recently completed their landmark upgrade to the wastewater treatment plant at Tubli, Kingdom of Bahrain. The $36.5m project, involving over 500,000 man-hours of work, was completed without a single lost-time incident. The scheme was backed by UK Export Finance (UKEF).

SMART Units installed at Tubli WPCC

This project marks the company’s second large contract executed at Tubli – which is the biggest wastewater treatment plant in the country –  serving a population equivalent of c. 1.2 million. Bluewater Bio was responsible for all aspects of engineering, acting as EPC contractor and technology supplier. A further 220 MLD of clean water is now available for reuse whilst protecting the local environment.

Now that the performance test is complete – meeting or exceeding all Client objectives – Bluewater Bio will operate and maintain the new plant alongside another HYBACS plant installed previously.

Richard Haddon, Executive Chairman of Bluewater Bio, commented: “I am pleased to say that we have successfully completed our second large contract at Tubli, further supporting the Kingdom of Bahrain in meeting their water and environmental goals. The implementation of HYBACS has not only helped with their water strategy, but has done so without using any additional land, a key consideration in Bahrain.”

Roderick Drummond, HM British Ambassador to Bahrain said: “This project will no doubt improve the lives of residents living and working in the Tubli Bay Area. Environmental regeneration projects such as this, executed via British-Bahraini collaboration, further highlights the positive impact our respective countries can achieve together.”

“Bluewater Bio is an excellent example for UK companies looking to trade overseas. They provide technical solutions that are best-in-class, adhere to the highest standards of health & safety, and commit to establishing long-term partnerships with their Clients.”

 

Bluewater Bio – Delivering world-class solutions to enhance Bahrain’s water strategy (Utilities Middle East)

The challenges posed by water scarcity and water security has continued to move up the political and social agenda in recent years. Whilst climate change is a well-worn phrase that is ever-present in the lexicon of governments and the public around the world, the increasing stresses felt on our most precious resource, water, has without doubt led to the following conclusion: THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS A WATER CRISIS.

But talk is cheap. Whilst world-class, efficient and sustainable solutions and technologies are required, they need to be met with ambitious countries who ‘walk the walk’ and forge ahead in actually implementing solutions to stop the water crisis. The Kingdom of Bahrain and Bluewater Bio is one such example of this collaborative approach.

Bluewater Bio – recognised as being the fastest growing UK water technology company for 2 consecutive years – recently completed their ground-breaking HYBACS upgrade at Tubli Wastewater Treatment Works. This is the second large-scale project executed by Bluewater Bio in Bahrain.

The marquee project has met or exceeded all Client objectives and expectations, increasing the availability of clean water in the water scarce Kingdom and protecting the local environment. Furthermore, the power consumed by the upgraded plant – a costly operational expense – is just 170 Wh/m3 treated, less than half the target set by the client making it an extremely efficient solution.

The project was backed by UK Export Finance (UKEF), who have stringent criteria in place in ensuring only the most environmentally-friendly companies and technologies are employed.

As a responsible contractor Bluewater Bio ensured everyone went home safely at the end of each day. The $36.5m project involved over 500,000 man-hours of work and was completed without a single lost time incident. No complaints were received as measures were successfully employed to protect neighbouring houses and businesses from noise and dust during construction as well.

Executive Chairman and Chief Executive of Bluewater Bio, Richard Haddon said, “I am pleased to say that we have successfully completed our second large contract at Tubli, further supporting the Kingdom of Bahrain in meeting their water and environmental goals. The implementation of HYBACS has not only helped with their water strategy, but has done so without using any additional land, a key consideration in Bahrain.”

HYBACS – A novel solution for a common problem

Throughout the Middle East region, rapid population growth has resulted in many wastewater treatment facilities becoming overloaded and failing to meet environmental discharge standards. Conventional solutions, such as the construction of additional aeration lanes is expensive and requires large areas of land.

The HYBACS process uses a unique biological pre-treatment reactor to accelerate the hydrolysis step within wastewater treatment. This enables an existing activated sludge plant to treat typically double the flow and load. HYBACS delivers on performance, value and demonstrably outperforms competing technologies. The patented process has been applied successfully around the world and has proven to be robust and highly cost effective. It has also demonstrated Capital cost savings of over 50%, typically consumes up to 30% less power than alternatives and requires less maintenance.

Environmental Objectives

Whether designing a brownfield expansion or a greenfield facility, Bluewater Bio works with Clients to develop sustainable solutions with a particular emphasis on reducing CAPEX and OPEX, footprint and energy consumption.

Bluewater Bio’s depth of experience comes from more than 40 HYBACS references across the globe. Proven at scale and consistently performing to the highest international standards, HYBACS is rapidly gaining recognition as an ideal solution for upgrading and expanding wastewater treatment plants in the MENA region.

The increasing standards in policy for wastewater management have created an urgent need for the reuse and recycling of treated wastewater, which will help alleviate water scarcity in the region. HYBACS underlines the importance of using technologies that deliver long-term sustainable solutions.

(Article originally published in Utilities Middle East, March 2022)

Daily Business – VC investment in climate tech rises since COP26

This article was first published on the Daily Business website (09 March 2022)

 

Technology companies tackling climate change have seen a strong uplift in venture capital investment since the COP26 summit in Glasgow.

VC investment rose by 62% to $926 million in the 100 days from 31 October – the first day of the summit – to 8 February compared with the same period a year earlier.

November saw $345m invested, while in December companies received $354m, both surpassing the monthly average for 2021 by more than 52%.

Scotland and the East of England attracted a high level (over $55m) of investment in November.

The analysis by Tech Nation, the growth platform for tech scaleups, reveals the first tangible evidence that the global gathering last November influenced investor behaviour towards the climate agenda.

The number of climate tech ‘unicorns’ – companies valued at over $1 billion – increased by 36 globally in the 100 days following COP26.

In the UK, Tevva Motors, Edinburgh-based Intelligent Growth Solutions, Bluewater Bio, Pangaia and Cushon all joined the rank of so-called ‘futurecorns’ – companies valued between $250m and $1bn, pushing the total number from 11 to 15.

In this same period, the number of climate tech companies globally increased by 19% to 5,610. In Europe, company creation increased by 19% and in the UK by 13%.

So far in 2022, employment in climate tech companies has increased to 26,800, an increase of 25% from the close of 2021 where total employment in the sector equalled 21,000.

In less than a quarter of 2022, the total number of jobs created in the climate tech sector (5,400) is already greater than the total jobs created in the sector in 2021 (5,000), demonstrating the socio-economic benefit of the acceleration in climate tech, on top of the clear environmental benefits.

Sammy Fry, net zero lead at Tech Nation, said: “It’s promising to see high levels of investment and employment following the conference, but the next 100 days will be even more telling of the true momentum towards net zero.

“Climate tech companies need to scale further and faster than any other technology has before. To meet the demand for technology that will save the planet, we will need to see record levels of investment, access to world-leading talent, expertise, and cross-sector collaboration.”

 

Terry Murden, Editor (Daily Business)

For 2nd year running, Bluewater Bio listed as one of the UKs fastest growing private technology companies

Bluewater Bio is the fastest growing water technology company in the UK for the second year in a row.

This is according to Deloitte Technology Fast 50 rankings for 2021 (www.fast50.co.uk).

Even compared to all UK technology companies, in all markets such as cloud, data, analytics etc., Bluewater Bio is still ranked in the top 50. This is remarkable considering they design and install technical machinery in the global wastewater market, which is significantly more challenging.

Headquartered in London but with a global footprint, Bluewater Bio achieved a 728% revenue growth over the past 4 years, with equally impressive EBITDA year on year improvements.

“It is not on our “To Do List” to continue to outperform the market. It is however, to provide the best possible solution and service to our clients. Therefore, this award is a consequence of Bluewater Bio doing so well delivering this objective. It demonstrates the continual and exceptional performance over the last 4 years. I am delighted that we have been highlighted again and I give credit to all our staff and suppliers who dedicate so much to ensure our technology is the preferred option. With water now firmly in the international spotlight, especially in terms of water poverty and water scarcity brought about by climate change, our work in parts of the world that suffer acutely from these issues has never been more important. Despite the challenges brought about by Covid-19 over the past 2 years, we have continued to thrive.”
Richard Haddon
Executive Chairman, and CEO

Bahrain Minister of Works welcomes UK Trade Minister to Tubli WPCC

Minister of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning, Eng. Essam Abdallah Khalaf received the UK International Trade Minister, Ranil Jayawardena and his accompanying delegation, with the attendance of MOW Undersecretary Mr. Ahmed Al Khayyat and Assistant Undersecretary for Sanitary Affairs, Eng. Ebrahim AL Hawaj. 

From L to R: Ebrahim Hawaj, Assistant Undersecretary MoW; H.E. Ahmed Al Khayat, Undersecretary, MoW; R.H. Ranil Jayawardena, UK Minister of International Trade; H.E. Essam Bin Abdulla Khalaf, Minister of Works, Bahrain and H.E. Roderick Drummond, British Ambassador to Bahrain

At the start of the meeting, His Excellency highlighted the heightened progress and development of the relationship between the two countries. After which the Ministers reviewed the cooperation between the two friendly countries and discussed means of progressing the relationship and in particular, in the infrastructure sector where the Ministry of Works is currently pursuing several projects for execution. Also discussed was the possibility of benefitting from the UK expertise in participating in the execution of some of the upcoming projects in this sector, where UK companies are highly regarded.

During the visit, the International Trade Minister reviewed progress of the Upgrade of Secondary Treatment Project at Tubli WPCC using the HYBACS Technology. This project is considered among the most important projects for improving the infrastructure and sanitary treatment system in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The project aims to improve the secondary effluent treatment efficiency resulting in the increase of TSE production at Tubli WPCC so that it can be used for irrigation of farms and landscaping.

The project is being executed by Bluewater Bio, which is both one of the UK and internationally leading companies in the sanitary engineering sector.

The UK International Trade Minister praised the Ministry of Works Initiatives and complimented the efforts being taken by the Ministry to grow and expand the infrastructure of the Kingdom of Bahrain, he wished the Kingdom and its people continuous growth and development.  

BwB celebrates major H&S milestone at their ground-breaking upgrade project at Tubli WPCC

As our landmark upgrade project at Tubli wastewater treatment works continues at pace – through the installation of our award-winning HYBACS technology –  an important milestone has been reached with more than 500,000 hours worked on-site without a lost-time accident.

The project – due to be completed in Summer 2021 – employs 220 people, all of whom are working to the highest standards in health & safety. The project’s safety team have developed an excellent safety culture throughout the workforce. The project team were also quick to respond to the spread of COVID-19 and implemented measures to protect workers on site. This has been very successful and there has been no interruption to the progress of the project.

Once completed, the HYBACS upgrade at Tubli will deliver 230,000 m3 per day of treated wastewater that can be recycled for use in irrigation around the Kingdom. The project will also improve the water quality in Tubli Bay, an important ecological area for birds and marine life.

To learn more about the project and keep up to date with developments Click Here

Work on Tubli sewage plant upgrade on track (Gulf Daily News Online)

The work on the second phase of the project to improve the efficiency of the biological processing of sewage at the Tubli Centre using the high-tech HYBACS system is on track for completion within the second quarter of this year, said Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Minister Essam Khalaf, during a visit to the Tubli treatment works.

The minister praised the team’s efforts and commitment to safety standards, with more than 200,000 working hours without injuries so far.

 

(To read the full article originally published in GDN Online, March 2021, click here)