Xylem will spotlight the latest advances in wastewater treatment and water reuse at the European Wastewater Management Conference (EWWM), taking place in Telford, UK, on 16-17 June 2026.
Process engineers from Xylem’s global team will share insights into the use of nanobubble technology for enhanced nutrient removal, alongside the challenges of designing UV disinfection systems for non-potable water reuse under new EU regulations.
Nanobubble technology
Duncan Wildgoose, Xylem UK’s BDM for treatment – wastewater & water, will co-present on the growing role of nanobubble technology in helping utilities address tighter nutrient limits and increasingly variable conditions, which are challenging the performance of biological nutrient removal (BNR) processes. He will present with Cesar Herrera, senior water process engineer at Moleaer.
Supported by performance data from full-scale installations, the presentation will demonstrate how utilities have achieved higher nitrogen removal, lower aeration energy demand, reduced chemical use and increased biogas production – helping sites expand capacity and maintain compliance without the need for additional tankage.
UV disinfection
Kirsten Meyer, Xylem’s director of product management disinfection and aquatics, and Uwe Hübner, senior process engineer – advanced oxidation and water reuse, will examine the challenges of designing UV disinfection systems for non-potable water reuse under new EU regulations.
Meyer and Hübner will explain procedures to determine required UV doses for compliance, highlight challenges for system design and validation monitoring, cross-reference experiences from different countries and outline research needs to improve the accuracy of UV system designs.
In addition, a poster presentation ‘Maximising asset resilience through rationalisation and standardisation’ running throughout, will showcase projects with United Utilities Enterprise and Yorkshire Water.
EWWM will be held at Telford International Centre.
Xylem presentations take place on June 16 at:
- 12.50pm – Nanobubble technology for process intensification
- 5.15pm – Challenges designing UV disinfection for non-potable reuse according to the new EU regulations
