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WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR FWR in which we continued our work with the
2019 Wastewater Innovation Forum, the South Chilterns Catchment Partnership,
plus our collaboration with the Freshwater Biological Association in connection with the
upcoming Freshwater Biology & Ecology Handbook; we also participated in the annual Urban
Drainage Group conference and a number of country shows.

Moving on now to a new decade! Some personnel changes have occurred as we start the new
year: Steve Bungay has been the technical secretary for the Wastewater Innovation Forum for
some years and is now concentrating on a somewhat academic challenge, (you can read about
this in more detail below!) I would like to say a big thank-you to Steve for all his help and efforts
with the Forum. Following on from this, I now extend a very warm welcome to Oliver Grievson
who takes over from Steve with the running of the Forum – again, more about Oliver below.

Our first lead article for 2020 covers the pertinent topic of antibiotic resistance – thanks very
much to Dr Andrew Singer from CEH for this absorbing read.
Caryll Stephen Chief Executive, FWR
In the next issue of the newsletter I’ll cover the new Reviews of Current Knowledge and Guides
which have been commissioned for publication this year. v

Welcome to Oliver Grievson

liver Grievson is the Technical Lead Automation & Control where he is presently the
Ofor Z-Tech Control Systems. He is a Executive Director.
wastewater process engineer specialising in
the areas of flow measurement and, more He regularly writes for a number of organisations
generally, instrumentation systems; he is and is currently writing the British & European
also an international technical lead in the Standards for ICA (Instrumentation, Control &
Digital Transformation of the water industry, Automation) and Storm Tanks in Wastewater;
looking at how this can be used to improve in addition, he is also writing a Manual of
operational efficiency and overall service to Wastewater Flow Measurement for the
the customer. International Water Association.

Oliver also volunteers for a number of UK In his spare time Oliver relaxes with his family,
and International organisations within the travelling in both the UK and Spain, as well as
wastewater industry, including Wastewater publishing magazines, technical articles and books.
Education 501(c)3 which is a US-based
wastewater education charity (where he is We are very pleased to welcome Oliver as the
the current chairman); the Sensor for Water new Secretary for FWR’s Wastewater Innovation
Interest Group (SWIG) where he is deputy Forum and as our new Wastewater Section Co-
chairman; and Water Industry Process ordinator. v

Good luck Steve!

ust as we say hello to Oliver, we are involves research, working towards a PhD at
Jsad to say goodbye to Steve (Bungay) Cranfield University! The working title of his
who has been our Wastewater Section thesis is ‘Integrating sludge treatment processes
Co-ordinator and Secretary for FWR’s to optimise the recovery and recycling of
Wastewater Innovation Forum for the past nitrogen and phosphate in anaerobic digestion
four years. Steve runs his own company and digested biosolids’. Many thanks Steve for all
(Helix Environmental Consultancy) and the interesting articles you have written for the
has decided to have a mid-life crisis which newsletter. We wish you all the very best. v

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