Getting to the Heart of the Blockage Problem
There are over 165,000 sewer blockages on public sewer every year and over 30,000 cause flooding, 3,900 of them inside buildings. With such a large problem it is surprising that the mechanisms of sewer blockage are not properly understood. With the urgent need to introduce more water saving technologies it is essential that this is understood so that design rules can be changed to meet the new circumstances. Understanding sewer blockages will also allow water companies to better understand how to target pro-active work to reduce blockage numbers.
WRc in partnership with the Centre for Water Systems at the University of Exeter have secured funding from EPSRC for a 4 year Engineering Doctorate Research Engineer to study this important area. This is part of the STREAM-IDC programme involving a number of universities and industrial partners. WRc will be looking at how we can widen involvement in the project, if you are interested please contact Nick Orman.