It is the aim of this event to consider:

• What are the relative environmental impacts and benefits of our current treatment regime and which consented parameters deliver negligible measurable benefits?

• What is the scope for relaxing consents, where this can be shown to demonstrate negligible adverse impacts but large reductions in GHG emissions?    

• What low-carbon treatment alternatives are available, but held back by the consenting regime? 

• What limits on GHG emissions should water companies strive towards for its wastewater treatment activities?