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United Utilities — Investor Presentation (November 2023)
16 slides from United Utilities's investor presentation, November 2023
Slide 1: United Utilities: Hello!
v, United Utilities Hello!
Slide 2: Here's what we do...
Here’s what we do... Provide safe drinking water Provide quality customer service Reduce disruptions to water supply Encourage customers to use water wisely around the home Ensure there’s enough water for now and in the future Return cleaned wastewater safely back to rivers, lakes and the sea Preven
Slide 3: Did you know... What happens when you flush the loo?
Did you know... What h a ppe ns whe n Our Sewage Treatment Works range in size, from serving a handful of homes to hundreds of thousands you fl us h t h e loo? of households, while our sewer network moves sewage through thousands of kilometres of pipes. Household Commercial Sewage Bioresources Outfa
Slide 4: The sewage cycle and the environment
The sewage cycle and the environment What are the Which are the most What action, potential impacts concerning to you? if any, do you of the sewage think United Utilities cycle on the is taking to protect environment? the environment from these impacts?
Slide 5: What is Carbon Net Zero?
Actions to What is Carbon Net Zero? remove carbon For example: planting more trees Actions to lower emissions For example: invest in green technology Net Zero Balance between amount of greenhouse gases produced and removed from the atmosphere
Slide 6: What we mean by...
What we mean by... Carbon Emissions: Gases released into the atmosphere as a result of a chemical reaction that occurs as part of the treatment process. Pollutants: A substance introduced into the environment that has the potential to damage living things. By-products: Substances left over after a p
Slide 7: Treating the sewage
Generating power and Treating the Screening the sewage sewage products for farming & agriculture Return Taking the sewage The sewage er a treatment process ~— un i | au Hi
Slide 8: What emissions, pollutants and by-products are given off?
What emissions, pollutants and by-products are given off? Thing we can use: Thing we need to get rid of: Co2 Microplastics and bacteria are within . sludge and can’t be Methane Nutrients separated. Screening (energy) (Nitrogen & takes out this unusable Phosphorous) material (about 5%) and this goes
Slide 9: The sludge cycle
The sludge cycle Start here Water from Sludge Treatment sent back to Sewage Treatment works 3. Sludge Treatment 1. Sewage Treatment Farmer use Incineration 2. Screening for debris Renewable Energy Generation
Slide 10: Anaerobic Digestion (current process)
Anaerobic Digestion (current process) Wastewater Sludge Treatment Treatment Electricity Sludge is produced Anaerobic generated Digestion — | P=. 7. || eae) i im TT une EI wate Small sites =cCCm Dunes Sludge transported toa sludge Transport treatment centre Biosolids to farms
Slide 11: Advanced Anaerobic Digestion
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Slide 12: AAD + Incineration
AAD + Incineration Incineration & landfill Storage of Biosolids Wastewater Sludge q t Treatme Sludge is produced Advanced Anaerobic Digestion \United juikies United =~ore Electricity haere jenerated - - ~ 2 incinerators H neg Potts Ne i) ell Sludge transported Hest to toasludge jomes treatment centr
Slide 13: AAD + Enhanced nutrients
AAD + Enhanced nutrients Heat eens Storage Pellets used on of pellets crops and grass Pellets created Wastewater Sludge Treatment Treatment Sludge is produced Advanced Anaerobic Digestion A ae ~ - ae -) Large site el Fugues i =eoo Sludge transported toa sludge treatment centre Electricity generated
Slide 14: AAD + heat source
Some pellets burned to provide heat for making new pellets Some pellets Storage Pellets used on used on farms of pellets crops and grass AAD + heat source Pellets created Wastewater Sludge Treatment Treatment Sludge is produced Advanced Anaerobic Digestion Large site H (wyates = | Electricity i gene
Slide 15: AAD + Advanced thermal treatment
AAD + Advanced thermal treatment Thermal Bio-charcoal produced treatment Wastewater Sludge Treatment Treatment Sludge is produced Advanced Anaerobic Digestion Large site Storage of Use on crops harcoal and grass Electricity generated Transport Bio-charcoal to farms Heat to homes
Slide 16: Pros & cons report: commissioned for United Utilities Board of Directors
Pros & cons report: commissioned for United Utilities Board of Directors Carbon Trucks on Storage space Risk of footprint the road contaminating land & rivers Impact on air New ae and technology pollution
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