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The leading water Company in the UK tests the ELAN® technology at the Oxford WWTP. patented by Aqualia in collabora- tion with the University of Santiago de Compostela. The objective is to reduce energy consumption and optimise the elimination of nitrogen. The British company, which opera- tes in London and in the Thames valley where it provides services to fifteen million users, has installed a pilot ELAN® unit in its Oxford was- te water treatment plant which will start operations in early 2018. Thames Water has a thermal hy- drolysis system applied prior to the From left to right: Nicolás Morales and José Ramón Vázquez, from Aqualia’s Innovation and Technology Department, and Pascal Ochs and Ben Martin from Thames Water, in front of the pilot ELAN® installation at the Oxford WWTP. United Kingdom The patented technology, developed by Aqualia in collaboration with the University of Santiago de Compostela, makes it possible to reduce the cost of eliminating nitrogen and the production of sludge by means of specialised bacteria and a specific process. Aqualia has installed a prototype of the ELAN system at the Thames Water facilities which will be tested along with the technologies develo- ped by Veolia and Sweco Grontmij. Providing services to fifteen million users, Thames Water is looking for a technological partner to imple- ment efficient solutions at the 25 anaerobic digestion centres that it manages. Thames water, the lea- ding water company in the United Kingdom, has decided to test the ELAN® technology, developed and I N N O V A T I O N I N N O V A T I O N 46