Sludge management
Arup helps clients to transform sludge management operations from a necessary activity to one that also contributes to decarbonisation and net zero goals.
Our global experience in sludge management ranges from working on advanced wastewater treatment plants to humanitarian contexts. We have planning and design expertise for the full sludge chain from production, nutrient recovery, storage, and treatment, to disposal and reuse. Our work includes design of sludge treatment facilities and also in the efficient planning of the whole operational system.
Arup’s water team helps clients to define their strategy, finance it, design and procure the right assets, and optimise them and close the loop. Our expertise spans the full spectrum, and is delivered across the world to suit different needs, circumstances and priorities but with same aim of making a valuable by-product from municipal and industrial wastewater management. Ultimately, our aim is to deliver a sustainable solution that promotes circularity and fully extracts the sludge’s value.
Projects
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Using geospatial and water expertise to inform onsite wastewater treatment system planning
Sonoma County Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Mapping & Analysis Study, USA
Keeping Victoria’s waterways healthy with optimised stormwater management
Feasibility of stormwater flow regulation, Australia
Combining nature and technology to create more resilient cities
Beau Plan Smart City, Mauritius
Urban regeneration and net zero goals realised in a new innovation district for Milan
MIND Milano Innovation District, Italy
Wastewater management
Arup’s approach to wastewater management is based on maintaining a sustainable quantity of water within the river system to support various needs such as drinking water supply, irrigation for agriculture, industrial use, and maintaining ecosystem functions.
