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Aeration and IFAS

Severn Trent - Finham STW

Scope of services

  • Replace FBDA and install IFAS system
  • Design
  • Manufacture
  • Installation
  • Commission

Scope of delivery

  • Remove existing FBDA
  • Replace air header pipework, associated valves and droppers
  • Install 8,712 Jetflex® tube diffusers - 726 per lane
  • On-site erection of ‘flat-packed’ IFAS cages
  • Install IFAS cage guides and cages

Specifics

  • All IFAS cages and pipework of Grade 304 stainless steel
  • 3 x ASPs, 4 x lanes per ASP, 12 lanes in total - 14 cages per lane - total 168 cages
  • 197,000 sq. metres of Biotextil curtains
  • Increases biomass under aeration by 33%

Technical data

  • Uprating of existing activated-sludge plant to treat a greater load to a higher standard
  • Discharge permit 3 mg/l Ammonia (from March 2020)
  • Population Equivalent 490,000 (2028 Design Horizon)
  • Maximum flow of 266,087 cubic metres/d

Client
CiM6 on behalf of Severn Trent Water

Completion
July 2019