The document summarizes the programme of events for the Sensors for Water Interest Group in 2017-18. It includes workshops on water and wastewater monitoring technologies, water and health, innovations in water sensors, sensors for maintenance, condition monitoring, and data-driven technologies. The workshops will bring together academic researchers and industry to discuss collaboration opportunities and the latest developments in sensor technologies for applications in the water industry.

1. Programme of Events
2017-18
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2. An Introduction from our Chairman
The aim of the Sensors for
Water Interest Group has
always been to bring our members
together at our work-
shops and discuss the most recent
developments in instrumentation
and its uses in the Water Industry
and the wider water environment.
In doing this each year the board & I put an exciting programme of
workshops and events together for the membership and we hope
that you like the future programme that we have put toether for
the membership of SWIG.
This year’s programme is exciting with workshops on the latest
developments in water & wastewater monitoring as well as the
use of instrumentation in maintenance and condition monitoring.
Also subject areas around the use of instrumentation in Water &
Health and the use of sensors and data driven technologies finish
off this years programme.
Each and every year the board puts this programme together
for you, the membership. If there are any subjects together then
please get in touch.
Hope to see you at this year’s workshops.
Justin

3. Forthcoming Programme of Events
22nd
November
2017
Innovation Brokerage Workshop at the University
of Bath
31st
January
2018
Water & Health at the University of West England
7th
March 2018 Latest developments in water sensors
18th
April 2018
Sensors for water & wastewater maintenance
- Maintaining the value of online monitoring in
challenging environments
May 2018 Condition Monitoring
June 2018
Sensors and data driven technologies for future
water networks
July 2018 The state of the art of wastewater monitoring

4. 22nd
November 2017
Innovation Brokerage Workshop
University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY
Overview:
There is a wealth of new technology and innovation being developed in UK
universities which often translates into the development of new products in
industry. Successful translation and exploitation of academic research depends
on recognising potential and forming necessary collaborations. This SWIG
Innovation workshop is designed to bring together academic research groups
and interested companies to identify potential technologies, collaboration,
and exploitation opportunities in the area of sensor technologies developed
for use in water.
The need for new sensor technologies for water is often driven by legislation
and the need for regular measurements at lower concentrations, or the need
for more rapid or more reliable measurements made at remote sensing sites.
This encompasses a wide range of technologies that are used
for measuring physical, chemical or biological parameters in or of water.
For example sensors that measure water pressure, height or
chemical and biosensors for measuring dissolved components, pollutants or
micro- organisms. How remote sensors and sensor networks communicate
reliably and securely, energy harvesting and data management are other
important technology areas that form part of a modern water sensing system.”
Chris Jones, who is the R&D Manager of Northumbrian Water, will host the
workshop

5. 31st
January 2018
Water & Health
IBST, University of the West of England, Bristol
Overview:
Approximately 60% of our body is water which is vital for our bodies to
function. We have come to expect clean water for drinking and for our daily
living and to maintain a health lifestyle. Clean water and healthy food are seen
as critical elements in ensuring a healthy nation, reducing the burden on the
NHS. Our health can be put at risk if our water supplies become polluted or
contaminated with bacteria, toxins or other chemicals and heavy metals.
In ensuring that the health of the nation is given priority, the EPSRC have
identified a “Healthy Nation” as one of their Prosperity Outcomes of the
strategy and delivery plan up to 2020. The EPSRC identifies that the
development of new technologies materials will enhance our ability to predict,
detect and treat disease.
The application of new sensing technologies along with more traditional
approaches and the application of connected systems can be used for the early
detection of microbial pathogens and toxic chemicals preventing disease and
ensuring the supply of clean water protecting the population from disease and
contribute towards a healthy nation.
This will be a joint workshop with the Water Science Forum of the Royal Society
of Chemistry and it will be hosted by Richard Luxton of the University of West
England

6. 7th
March 2018
Latest developments in Water Sensors
Location to be confirmed in the Cambridge Area
Overview:
Physical and chemical sensors are at the heart of virtually all measurement
systems. Amongst the most popular for water monitoring applications
are temperature, conductivity, turbidity, colour and pH. During the past
decades, they have become smaller, more rugged and stable, leading to better
reliable systems. Also during this time, significant advances have been made
in the measurement of species such as trace metals, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia,
and E. coli, using electrochemical and optical techniques. This workshop
will highlight developments and improvements to sensors and sensing
technologies, with emphasis on, but not exclusively, these latter, chemical,
materials. It will discuss how information supplied from reliable sensors is vital
for the development of big data analytics and creates the options for novel
applications and alternative measurements. The overall goal will be to provide
information to allow water companies to make better measurements in the
future.
The event is kindly being sponsored by CamLab and is a joint event with
the Electroanalytical Sensing Systems Group (EASSG) of the Royal Society of
Chemistry and is being hosted by Andrew Chappel of the Environment Agency

7. 18th
April 2018
Sensors for Water & Wastewater Maintenance
Dalton & Joule Suite, Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester
Overview:
Process instrumentation is becoming more critical as water and waste water
companies drive for automation, efficiency and control in a highly regulated
sector. The introduction of innovative new process solutions, advances in
process control and the realisation of big data analytics places more
importance on the quality of data from instruments. A move towards remote
decision making in today’s connected environment means we need ensure
confidence in data.
For many analytical instruments the OPEX costs associated with keeping
sensors operational far outweigh the purchase price over the sensor life.
End users are now making decisions based on the whole life cost (TOTEX) of
sensor systems taking frequency of visits, chemical consumption and general
maintainability of sensors rather than the purchase price. The event will break
focus on three areas:
• Instrument design – Designing for reliability, availability and
maintainability
• Service models – How the supply chain can add value
• End users – How can we ensure trust in data
The event is being hosted by Leo Carswell of the WRc and Richard Bragg of
United Utilities and is being sponsored by Servitech & Z-Tech Control Systems