SWIG - Challenges and Future Needs for Sensors in the Water Sector
29th September 2010 - Sensing Technology 2010, NEC, Birmingham
Published: 02 August, 2010
The Water Sector faces significant environmental, economic and societal challenges over the next 20 years. Meeting these will require efficiency improvements, rationalisation of water use and new approaches to asset management. The development and adoption of new instrumentation and sensor technology will be fundamental to meeting these challenges.
This workshop takes a look at these issues from both a water company and the environmental regulator’s view and explores the role SWIG can have in supporting end users and the supply chain in meeting these challenges and benefiting from the opportunities they bring.
Chairman: Leo Carswell, Principal Consultant, WRc plc
11:00 Background to SWIG and What it Offers
Tony Hoyle, SWIG Chairman
11:20 Drivers for Sensors and Instrumentation in the Water Sector
Leo Carswell, WRc plc
11:40 Problems and Opportunities in Process Measurement on Water and Waste Water
Robin Lennox, South West Water
12:00 The Environment Agency’s Use of Water Monitoring Instruments
Andrew Chappell, Environment Agency
12:20 Interactive session - Discussion on key points raised and the role of SWIG
