SME Premier Award 2012
Presented at The Lincoln Centre, London on 20 June 2012 by Sir John Armitt, Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority.
Watermaiden Ltd
De-silting Mini-Cube
Sir John Armitt (right) presenting the award to James Baylis, Project Manager.
Founded in 2005, Watermaiden helps to protect the environment and the reputation of its public and private sector clients by providing innovative soil, water and wet waste treatment in the UK and Europe. Generating a turnover of £1 million, it employs three full time staff who are supported by a network of specialists.
The Watermaiden Mini-Cube is a versatile and effective device that protects the environment from pollution caused by water-borne suspended solids and silts. Measuring just 0.5m x 0.5m x 1m and weighing 17 kg, it is very portable, robust and ideal for mobile crews undertaking discrete earthworks for construction of buildings, highways, infrastructure and maintenance.
The Mini-Cube removes sand and silt rapidly from surface water. It has no moving parts, requires no external power, and outperforms alternative water-treatment solutions, such as sand filters and inclined plate separator tanks. The very small footprint, simplicity of construction, mobility and efficiency of operation reduces the overall comparative carbon footprint and environmental impact significantly. In addition, the Mini-Cube removes a larger proportion of silt and sediment (particle size down to 10 µm) from wastewater than alternative, commercially available products (generally down to 20 µm).
By design, the Mini-Cube is self-limited to 2.7 litres/second (10 m3/hour) and cannot be overloaded hydraulically - no matter how hard the water is pumped, this limit is never breached. An added bonus is that the harder the hydrocyclone separation system is pumped, the more efficient it becomes.
The founder of Watermaiden, Søren Jensen, invented the Mini-Cube (and the larger Cube) and was involved in every aspect of development, manufacture and delivery.
In summary, the key benefits of the Watermaiden
Mini-Cube are:
Relatively low carbon and environmental footprints.
Very low operating costs.
Simple process with minimal manual input.
Low maintenance.
Cannot be hydraulically overloaded.
Modular operation - numerous units can be operated in parallel.
Minimal clean-up costs.
No electronics.
‘We’re thrilled our innovative product and our achievements in minimising the environmental impact of the construction industry have been recognised by the BCE Awards.’
James Baylis, Project Manager, Watermaiden Ltd.
"Watermaiden’s revolutionary approach towards water treatment, low costs and minimal carbon footprint is very impressive. The business proposition involves customised cleansing of process and waste waters through consultancy and then using smart highly mobile technology."
Dr Richard Burns, BCE Awards Judge.
To find out more about this project, please contact:
james.baylis@watermaiden.com
www.watermaiden.com
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