Registration is now open for one of the UK water sector’s leading conferences and exhibition events looking at current water and wastewater monitoring challenges and solutions which will take place live on 12th and 13th October.
The 10th in the leading series Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring Conference and Exhibition - WWEM 2022 - will focus on instruments and services for water and wastewater process monitoring, laboratory analysis, field and portable testing.
The two day event, which is free to attend, will focus on the following themes:
- Regulation, Policy and Compliance
- Future Regulation and Targets
- Industrial Case Studies
- Applications
- New and Emerging technologies and instruments
Delegates registering for the free to attend conference and exhibition will hear from regulators and industry experts in a packed 2 day programme featuring more than 100 hours’ worth of content across conference presentations and workshops.
Attendees will also have the opportunity to discuss their technology and project needs and hear about solutions and services on offer from over 150 companies exhibiting alongside the conference.
Key speakers at the conference include:
- Chair of the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee Phillip Dunne MP will deliver the keynote speech of the conference on monitoring rivers
- Helen Wakeham Deputy Director of Water Quality, Groundwater and Contaminated Land at the Environment Agency will present on monitoring storm overflows – the successes to date and the challenges of things to come
- Alastair Chisolm Director of Policy at CIWEM will present a study on storm overflows
- Nick Mills Head of Pollution and Flooding and the Storm Overflow Task Force at Southern Water will discuss real time bathing water quality monitoring and public data presentation
- The Rivers Trust will make a detailed presentation on the Citizen Science Takeover
Topics covering a wide-ranging number of issues and challenges the water and wastewater companies are seeking to address in the extensive conference programme include:
- Catching contamination - what the 2021 Environmental Act means for water quality in UK
- An update on Flow Measurement programmes from the regulator’s perspective
- An update on Flow Measurement programmes from the water company perspective
- Screening for emerging chemicals of concern using passive samplers in Wales
- Sensor based pollution management
- The journey of a digital asset through its project lifecycle
- Continuous water quality monitoring for the Environment Act - a practical demonstration
- Environment Act 2021: guide to monitoring sewer overflow
- Sewage contamination monitoring
- An MCERTS Inspector’s view of the current MCERTS programme
- Data analysis and smart sensors
- Instrumentation-based asset management
- Instrument-based condition based monitoring
- Digital Water Discussions
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Marcus Pattison, Managing Director at ILM, who is responsible for organising WWEM, is expecting a record number of attendees at all levels across the sector, including water monitoring, instrument and control users, process managers, laboratory scientists, environmental managers and regulators.
He commented:
“WWEM 2022 is taking place at a time when the water and wastewater companies are the subject of ongoing public, regulatory and Parliamentary scrutiny. Environmental monitoring, compliance and performance looks set to be one of the key issues which will dominate the upcoming Price Review in 2024.
“The water companies’ are currently developing their business plans for the AMP8 investment period 2025-2030 – and expenditure and investment in technologies and services to address the challenges they face can be expected to form a key element.
“WWEM 2022 is covering a whole host of issues and challenges of critical importance to the water and wastewater sector which are undoubtedly set to continue for some considerable time to come.”
Benefits for attendees include:
- Gain insights from leading experts on current and future regulation
- Meet with over 150 major instrument manufacturers and suppliers under one roof at one time over the two day show
- Source equipment, services and instruments, compare prices, products, services and technology
- Attend free CPD certified technical workshops and presentations
- Find out first about new product launches
- Overviews of future technology innovations
- Networking with key decision makers, regulators, suppliers from across all industry sectors
- Free lunches and free onsite parking for all attendees
Click here for more information about WWEM 2022 and the conference programme
Click here to register for the free to attend WWEM conference and exhibition online
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