Glen Daigger, Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan, will be hosting the BlueTech Forum water technology roundtable briefing on nutrient removal and recovery in San Francisco on 1 June 2016.

A highly valued member of the O2 Environmental Technology Assessment Group, Professor Daigger recently secured pole position in Water & Wastewater International’s Top 25 Water Industry leaders.  His previous roles include president of the International Water Association and Chief Technology Officer of CH2M Hill.

Here Professor Daigger speaks with O2 Environmental Chief Executive Paul O’Callaghan about the waves of changes he has experienced during his 35-year career and what we can expect in the next 10 years.

Expert View – Professor Glen Daigger

“Wastewater treatment has been transformed from simply removing carbon, BOD and COD to also removing nutrients”

“How can we extract organic matter that is foundational in terms of the chemical process industries so we have something which is of higher value?”

“There has been so much advance on the wastewater side with biological processes that now some water utilities are thinking about using biological processes for drinking water treatment”

Read the full interview here.

BlueTech Forum is taking place in San Francisco and the theme is 20:20 Vision – Insights to future-proof your water strategy.

Take a look at the agenda and register today to secure a place.

Early bird rate is available until 18th March.