Putatan Water Treatment Plant 2 Adrian Marsden, Arup

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York Society of Engineers Lecture

This talk will discuss the water and used-water challenges faced by Metro  Manila, Philippines and the ongoing work to provide resilience to the  water sources, treatment and supply systems. In addition, it will look at  the challenges of providing sanitation to an urban area of over 12m  residents – where only 20% are currently connected to sewerage and  used-water treatment systems. 

The talk will then move on to discuss in more detail the recently  completed Putatan Water Treatment Plant 2 project; a new 150 MLD  plant which takes water from the highly contaminated and complex  Laguna Lake and treats it to drinking water standards. Some of the  interesting features of the water body will be discussed including how the  unexpected effects of seismic movements affected water quality and  consequences on the treatment systems. 

In addition the talk will also cover some of the challenges of the location,  including construction on ground which suffers from liquefaction and  constructing within an urban environment where the efficient use of every  square metre is important, leading to three storey construction in places. 

The talk will be presented by Adrian Marsden, Associate Director, Arup – based in Manila, Philippines. Adrian has been working on a range of  water sector projects in the Philippines and South East Asia for the last  11 years and will illustrate the talk with examples of the differences of  delivering projects in less developed locations. 

Joining Instructions 

The lecture will be given remotely using Collaborate Ultra (not Zoom). 

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