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TR61: Cost and Carbon Modelling Software

TR61 software models costs and carbon emissions for the construction, refurbishment and operation of water and sewerage treatment and infrastructure assets.

David Sivil is our expert in TR61

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Now in its 45th year and 14th version, WRc's TR61 is a powerful, integrated cost and carbon estimation tool. It is widely used to model water and wastewater assets across the UK water industry, and is certified for use in Periodic Review activities.

TR61, or 'Cost Information for Water Supply and Sewage Disposal' Technical Report 61, allows:

  • up-to-date estimates of capital (CAPEX), operating (OPEX) and whole life costs; and
  • estimates of embodied (building) and operational carbon emissions with their monetary equivalents in a manner consistent with Ofwat‟s requirements.
TR61 informs cost data for our sewage plant design software

Evolves with cost and carbon estimates

Developed using cost estimate data from across the UK water industry and updated every 2-3 years, TR61 V14 now includes models for estimating the carbon emission from trenchless technologies.

Following guidance for a sustainable future

TR61 follows the water industry's guidance to carbon accounting developed by UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR). Carbon emissions are expressed to take into account the Global Warming Potentials (GWP), or climate impacts, of different gaseous compounds.

Supportive, collaborative user experience

User friendly software is complete with a detailed user guide, with 'hands on' training available if required. TR61 group membership supports interaction with other water utilities, to support a collaborative experience.

How we can help

Our software tool allows modelling of construction, refurbishment / renovation and operation of water and sewage treatment and infrastructure assets in a single source. TR61 can be used for:

  • Optioneering for cost & carbon optimisation
  • Providing cost & carbon data for assets that company has no data
  • Investment planning
  • Asset valuation
  • Benchmarking against company-own models

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David Sivil

Consultant Engineer (Treatment Processes)

David is a chartered chemical engineer with extensive experience consulting on projects covering water, wastewater and sludge treatment and recycle/ disposal, odour management, and cost & carbon estimation. As technical lead for the Odour Management User Group he shares and promotes best practice in the water industry. David developed TR61 cost and carbon models, and has benchmarked water utility capex, opex and totex for water and wastewater treatment and networks.

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