Alpheus designed, financed, built and operate an ultra pure water recycling plant which treats final effluent from a municipal sewage treatment plant using a combination of ultra filtration (UF) and reverse osmosis (RO) supplying the treated water for power generation.

Alpheus has a 10 year contract to operate one of the largest industrial wastewater treatment plants in Europe, treating 8000 m3/day of effluent containing up to 80 tonnes of COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand)/day from a pharmaceutical plant. The plant is highly specialised and requires shift cover 365 days per year.

Whitbread is one of the UK’s biggest full service restaurant operators with 1,477 outlets. Brands include, pub restaurants Brewers Fayre, Beefeater; Brewster and Out & Out, the family restaurant brand; and Costa, the coffee  store brand. In addition, Whitbread also operates Pizza Hut UK.

Background: Industrial wastewater treatment plants typically require close monitoring to ensure both the treatment process and variable costs are optimised. Without this, discharge consent failure and/or significant overruns on power, chemical and sludge costs can result.

Alpheus has a number of long term contracts to operate and manage plants treating leachate from landfill sites and sites undergoing ground remediation.