Tallinna Vesi is improving the biological treatment of wastewater
17 Aprile 2024 - 12:45PM
UK Regulatory
Tallinna Vesi is improving the biological treatment of wastewater
Tallinna Vesi will invest nearly €9 million over the
next three years to improve the biological wastewater treatment
process. This will increase the efficiency of
nitrogen and phosphorus removal from the wastewater treated at
Paljassaare Wastewater Treatment Plant, ensuring that the water
returned to the environment is of the highest
purity.
“The changes to be made by through this investment are important
for maintaining and improving the environmental status of the
Baltic Sea with a view to future needs. We have to bear in mind
that the volume of wastewater from Tallinn and its surrounding
areas is very large — every year, we treat 50 million cubic metres
of wastewater," explained Aleksandr Timofejev, CEO of Tallinna
Vesi. “This investment of nearly €9 million is targeted at
improving the efficiency of biological treatment. The Paljassaare
wastewater treatment plant can only operate at full efficiency if
all stages of the treatment process — mechanical, chemical and
biological — are running successfully," noted Timofejev.
The project is part of Tallinna Vesi's investment programme and
aims to reconstruct the 12 secondary clarifiers of the biological
treatment system at the Paljassaare wastewater treatment plant,
which separate activated sludge from wastewater. Each secondary
clarifier is 40 metres in diameter and 4 metres deep.
According to Timofejev, the reconstruction will improve the
continuity of the biological treatment process, increase its
optimisation potential and make the system more flexible and
stable. The reconstruction works on secondary clarifiers will
include the renovation of the reinforced concrete structures and
upgrading of the technological equipment, putting in place new
electrical installations, upgrading of the metering systems and
adding automatic control functionalities.
Throughout the long construction period, the operation of the
treatment plant will be arranged in such a way as to ensure that
the high performance of the treatment process is guaranteed at all
times.
The project will be carried out by RVT Ehitus OÜ and OÜ Mapri
Ehitus with the due date for completion in 2027.
“The secondary clarifiers are a very important step of the
wastewater treatment. Modern technology and advanced equipment help
to meet the ever more challenging environmental targets and ensure
more energy-efficient wastewater treatment. The reconstruction will
extend the service life of the existing infrastructure without
leaving a large environmental footprint as opposed to building an
entirely new infrastructure," said Taavo Säärits, Member of the
Board of RVT Ehitus OÜ.
At the Paljassaare plant, 130,000 m³ of wastewater is treated
every day in three different treatment stages to turn it into
effluent that meets all requirements. The final stage of treatment
at the Paljassaare wastewater treatment plant includes the
bio-filter — a technology that is the only one of its kind applied
in the Baltic States.
Every year, about 650 tons of debris, 240 tons of grit, 12,000 tons
of suspended solids, nearly 2,000 tons of nitrogen and about 250
tons of phosphorus are removed from wastewater at the Paljasaare
wastewater treatment plant.
AS Tallinna Vesi is the largest water utility in Estonia,
providing services to more than 24,900 private customers and
businesses and 470,000 end consumers in Tallinn and its surrounding
municipalities. Tallinna Vesi is listed on the main list of
the Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange. The largest shareholdings in the
company are held by the City of Tallinn (55.06%) and the energy
group Utilitas (20.36%). 24.58% of the company's shares are freely
floating on the Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange.
Additional information:
Kristiina Tamberg
AS Tallinna Vesi
Head of Communications and Marketing
372 52 855 21
kristiina.tamberg@tvesi.ee
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