Valmet to automate Finnish wastewater treatment plant

Finnish company Valmet has won an order for the supply of automation and solids measurements to Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority HSY’s wastewater treatment plant being constructed in Espoo’s Blominmäki bedrock in Finland.

The company secured the order from Are, the main technical building contractor of the project. YIT is the main project contractor.

However, the value of the order has not been disclosed. Delivery of the automation and solids measurements will take place in 2020-2021 and the facility will be commissioned in 2021-2022.

The Viikinmäki bedrock treatment plant has been operating with the company’s automation system since the 1990s.

The plant’s Valmet DNA automation system has been updated, which will allow the operations of the new Blominmäki bedrock treatment plant to be controlled from the Viikinmäki control room.

As part of the order, the company will deliver a Valmet DNA automation and information management system, field instruments, Valmet Total Solids Measurements, Valmet Low Solids Measurements and Valmet Dry Solids Measurements.

The company will also provide field engineering of the automation application and instrumentation, factory acceptance testing, automation system installation, commissioning and training.

The Blominmäki facility will replace the Suomenoja wastewater treatment plant, which is not sufficient to treat the area’s wastewater due to population growth and higher expectations for intensified wastewater treatment.

Expected to be completed in 2022, the treatment plant will process the wastewater of 400,000 residents from Espoo, Kauniainen, Kirkkonummi, Siuntio and Western Vantaa.

Valmet sales manager of solids measurements, automation, Juha Kesti, said: “HSY is our long-standing partner in solid measurements. We are confident that our solid measurements and innovative technology will provide reliability to the end customer when optimizing their wastewater treatment process.”

Municipal body HSY’s member cities are Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen and Vantaa. It produces waste management and water services and provides information on the Helsinki Metropolitan Area and environment.

Valmet develops and supplies process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries.

The company offers technology solutions for pulp mills, tissue, board and paper production lines, and power plants for bioenergy production.