Programme of Events2017-18

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An Introduction from our Chairman

The aim of the Sensors for Water Interest Group has always been to bring our members together at our work- shops and discuss the most recent developments in instrumentation and its uses in the Water Industry and the wider water environment.

In doing this each year the board & I put an exciting programme of workshops and events together for the membership and we hope that you like the future programme that we have put toether for the membership of SWIG.

This year’s programme is exciting with workshops on the latest developments in water & wastewater monitoring as well as the use of instrumentation in maintenance and condition monitoring.

Also subject areas around the use of instrumentation in Water & Health and the use of sensors and data driven technologies finish off this years programme.

Each and every year the board puts this programme together for you, the membership. If there are any subjects together then please get in touch.

Hope to see you at this year’s workshops.

Justin

Forthcoming Programme of Events

22nd November 2017

Innovation Brokerage Workshop at the University of Bath

31st January 2018 Water & Health at the University of West England

7th March 2018 Latest developments in water sensors

18th April 2018Sensors for water & wastewater maintenance - Maintaining the value of online monitoring in challenging environments

May 2018 Condition Monitoring

June 2018 Sensors and data driven technologies for future water networks

July 2018 The state of the art of wastewater monitoring

22nd November 2017Innovation Brokerage Workshop

University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY

Overview:There is a wealth of new technology and innovation being developed in UK universities which often translates into the development of new products in industry. Successful translation and exploitation of academic research depends on recognising potential and forming necessary collaborations. This SWIGInnovation workshop is designed to bring together academic research groups and interested companies to identify potential technologies, collaboration, and exploitation opportunities in the area of sensor technologies developed for use in water.

The need for new sensor technologies for water is often driven by legislation and the need for regular measurements at lower concentrations, or the need for more rapid or more reliable measurements made at remote sensing sites. This encompasses a wide range of technologies that are used for measuring physical, chemical or biological parameters in or of water. For example sensors that measure water pressure, height or chemical and biosensors for measuring dissolved components, pollutants or micro- organisms. How remote sensors and sensor networks communicate reliably and securely, energy harvesting and data management are other important technology areas that form part of a modern water sensing system.”

Chris Jones, who is the R&D Manager of Northumbrian Water, will host the workshop

31st January 2018Water & Health

IBST, University of the West of England, Bristol

Overview:Approximately 60% of our body is water which is vital for our bodies to function. We have come to expect clean water for drinking and for our daily living and to maintain a health lifestyle. Clean water and healthy food are seen as critical elements in ensuring a healthy nation, reducing the burden on the NHS. Our health can be put at risk if our water supplies become polluted or contaminated with bacteria, toxins or other chemicals and heavy metals.

In ensuring that the health of the nation is given priority, the EPSRC have identified a “Healthy Nation” as one of their Prosperity Outcomes of the strategy and delivery plan up to 2020. The EPSRC identifies that the development of new technologies materials will enhance our ability to predict, detect and treat disease.

The application of new sensing technologies along with more traditional approaches and the application of connected systems can be used for the early detection of microbial pathogens and toxic chemicals preventing disease and ensuring the supply of clean water protecting the population from disease and contribute towards a healthy nation.

This will be a joint workshop with the Water Science Forum of the Royal Society of Chemistry and it will be hosted by Richard Luxton of the University of West England

7th March 2018Latest developments in Water Sensors

Location to be confirmed in the Cambridge Area

Overview:Physical and chemical sensors are at the heart of virtually all measurement systems. Amongst the most popular for water monitoring applications are temperature, conductivity, turbidity, colour and pH. During the past decades, they have become smaller, more rugged and stable, leading to better reliable systems. Also during this time, significant advances have been made in the measurement of species such as trace metals, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, and E. coli, using electrochemical and optical techniques. This workshop will highlight developments and improvements to sensors and sensing technologies, with emphasis on, but not exclusively, these latter, chemical, materials. It will discuss how information supplied from reliable sensors is vital for the development of big data analytics and creates the options for novel applications and alternative measurements. The overall goal will be to provide information to allow water companies to make better measurements in the future.

The event is kindly being sponsored by CamLab and is a joint event with the Electroanalytical Sensing Systems Group (EASSG) of the Royal Society of Chemistry and is being hosted by Andrew Chappel of the Environment Agency

18th April 2018Sensors for Water & Wastewater Maintenance

Dalton & Joule Suite, Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester

Overview:Process instrumentation is becoming more critical as water and waste water companies drive for automation, efficiency and control in a highly regulated sector. The introduction of innovative new process solutions, advances in process control and the realisation of big data analytics places more importance on the quality of data from instruments. A move towards remote decision making in today’s connected environment means we need ensure confidence in data.

For many analytical instruments the OPEX costs associated with keeping sensors operational far outweigh the purchase price over the sensor life. End users are now making decisions based on the whole life cost (TOTEX) of sensor systems taking frequency of visits, chemical consumption and general maintainability of sensors rather than the purchase price. The event will break focus on three areas:

• Instrument design – Designing for reliability, availability and maintainability

• Service models – How the supply chain can add value• End users – How can we ensure trust in data

The event is being hosted by Leo Carswell of the WRc and Richard Bragg of United Utilities and is being sponsored by Servitech & Z-Tech Control Systems