Marketplace Challenges

Building on the success of our EDM intelligent sewers challenge, we are launching a further challenge as part of our vision to develop intelligent wastewater networks.

We are running this Marketplace challenge to explore how we can maximise the efficiency of our PFAS analysis. Therefore we are seeking novel analytical methods or potential surrogate measurements for PFAS and source tracking, with the aim of reducing overall analysis costs, and innovative ways to interpret the data we collect, in order to maximise the value from any analysis undertaken.

We are looking to significantly increase the number of in-sewer monitors across our network at key assets/locations. Due to the potential scale and end user requirements, we are looking for a lower cost solution than the EDM-standard sewer level monitors..

Wessex Water and Severn Trent Water require additional treatment capacity to process forecast growth in sewage sludge volumes. We are keen to identify parties who would be interested in working with us to deliver the best regional solution(s) for our customers and the environment.

At some water recycling centres (WRCs) in the Wessex Water region, foaming occurs where the final treated effluent discharges into the environment. We would like to run a Marketplace challenge to gauge whether the issue is present elsewhere and identify any alternative methods for reducing foam production at WRC outfalls.

Wessex Water has a number of Biological Aerated Flooded Filter (BAFF) plants that utilise buoyant plastic bead media for wastewater treatment. Our long-term strategy is to replace buoyant plastic bead media and we are interested in alternative approaches to facilitate this.

We need to plan ahead to ensure we have sustainable water resources to supply our customers, and are currently putting together our Water Resources Management Plan for 2025-2075. As part of this process we’re open to suggestions of ways to improve our supply demand balance and invite the market to come forward with new suggestions.

We need to plan ahead to ensure we have sustainable water resources to supply our customers, and are currently putting together our Water Resources Management Plan for 2025-2075. As part of this process we’re open to suggestions of ways to improve our supply demand balance and invite the market to come forward with new suggestions.

As part of our commitment to excellent drinking water quality, can you help us reduce the number of customer contacts we receive about drinking water appearance, taste and odour, while still maintaining a high level of customer service?

Wessex Water has three ion exchange plants across our region allowing us to remove nitrates from high nitrate water sources when options such as catchment management or blending aren’t available to us. One of these sites in the Blandford area has increased its output over the last 2-3 years, and as a result the sewage works that has historically received the waste brine from the plant (a high-salinity plus nitrate liquid stream) is struggling to treat the volume of brine fed to it. We are tankering some of this currently waste liquid away, but the financial cost, as well as the carbon and environmental impact, of this approach has led us to question whether there are alternative options available. We would therefore like to run a marketplace challenge to understand whether there are any opportunities to either dispose, or make use of, this brine in a more sustainable and efficient way, and invite the market to feedback with any ideas or opportunities they may have.