About the project
Project brief
Service reservoirs (SRs) are treated water storage tanks, used to balance water supply and maintain the diurnal demand in the distribution network. Storage of treated water gained its importance with the need to protect water supplies from deteriorating, or becoming contaminated. SRs are therefore crucial and integral components of the distribution system.
However, SRs affect water quality (WQ), deteriorating it in some instances. Primarily, these are aesthetic issues, such as appearance, taste, and odour. The assumption is that the deterioration of WQ comes from an accumulation of material (eg metals), and from areas of stagnation in the SR, both of which lead to issues such as biofilm growth, discolouration, and changes to water chemistry.
There is a pressing need to understand how SR performance impacts water quality. A nationally coordinated trial across multiple sites, analysing multiple factors is being conducted.
Findings, so far
Service Reservoir Performance: Source or Sink of Material – poster
Won first place at the STREAM annual conference 2018.Using Historical Data to Analyse the Impact of Storage Tanks on Water Quality – presentation
AWWA WQTC annual conference 2019, Dallas, Texas.The Operational Value of Inlet Monitoring:
Poster – won first place
'RSPH: What is the future of water and public health?' conference 2019.Journal paper – Doronina et al.
What accumulates in our drinking water storage tanks? – poster
Won first place at the IWA young water professionals online Twitter competition 2021.
IoW annual conference 2020.Assessing and quantifying SR performance using a practical metric; source or sink of material? – presentation
Service Reservoirs Challenges, Innovations, and Collaborations conference 2021, University of Sheffield.
Staffing
Anastasia Doronina (PhD researcher) – blog
Professor Vanessa Speight (Primary Investigator), Managing Director of TWENTY65
Dr Stewart Husband (PODDS)
Professor Joby Boxall
Sponsors and collaborators
