About Us
We’ve got two amazing interactive buses to bring the wonders of water to life.
The Digibus: This vehicle will provide an immersive digital experience. You’ll be able to pop on some virtual reality glasses and enter a world where you can track a raindrop from the sky, through the water treatment process, to the home, back through the sewers and the waste treatment process to the river. You’ll also be able to play in a virtual Severn Trent world that we’ve created in Minecraft and earn points for demonstrating the correct behaviour.
The Experibus: Step into the role of a water worker! You can imagine yourself as a scientist, an engineer, a call centre operative and much more to learn what it’s like to work in the water industry. Here you will be able to play games like ‘flush it or bin it’, ‘leakage twister’ and ‘pipe buzzer’ to learn why we need to value water as a precious resource.
We’re putting the finishing touches to the wonderful water, in the meantime you can register your interest by filling out the form below.
We live and breathe water at Severn Trent. Not a day passes without us exploring new ways to source it, treat it, pipe it and remove it. And we think it’s only fair we share this knowledge. That’s why we offer a range of activities and site visits to schools and community groups within our region.
Armed with a host of fun group activities, DVDs and hands-on workshops, members from our passionate education team will visit your school or college to give an assembly. From learning about effective water use to looking after your waste water, the team are experts in making the sessions both interactive and informative. Best of all, our workshops are completely free and can even help your school achieve Eco-School status. Our only requirement is that you allow us to deliver an assembly to your whole school and run a water-saving planning session afterwards.
Naturally we’re happy to tailor our workshops and provide talks and presentations geared towards a more adult audience. These workshops can be used to highlight simple day-to-day changes that will help reduce bills, lower waste and have a positive impact on the environment.
You can download a pack of resources aimed at Girl Guides to encourage young people to take care with water and the water waste system. These activities are suitable for scout groups too.
Ever wondered how a sewage treatment really works? Or how we turn waste into clean water? Thanks to our education centres in Derby and Cheltenham, you’ll soon have more answers than questions. We offer free site tours to schools and adult community groups within our region, providing a behind the scenes look at the inner workings of a treatment works. Again, our only requirement is that you allow us to deliver an assembly to your whole school and run a water-saving planning session afterwards. Due to their popularity, availability is strictly limited and pre-booking is absolutely essential. All site tours are run by our education team who’ll discuss the unique requirements of your group prior to confirming the booking.
We want every visit to our operational sites to be both educational and entertaining, however our number one priority will always be safety. That’s why we have a set of criteria that must be met:
- All visitors must be seven years and over
- There must be at least one adult for every eight children
- There is a minimum visitor number of 15 and maximum of 32
- The approved protective clothing we’ll provide on the day must be worn at all times
- A pre-visit by the group leader is mandatory for any group that hasn’t visited before
- Visitors must be Severn Trent customers (if you’re not, we’ll help you access your local water company)
Choose a site tour
Operational since the 1900s, today Derby treatment works deals with the sewage from over 165,000 people. Covering a massive 148 hectares (don’t worry, you won’t walk round it all) the site can handle 206 million litres per day– that’s 2384 litres a second! You’ll discover a host of other impressive facts when you visit the onsite Education Centre.
TO ARRANGE A VISIT PLEASE USE THE DETAILS BELOW
Hayden sewage treatment works has been in existence since the 1890s,where it started out life as a conventional filter works. A lot’s changed since. In1998 it was converted into a modern activated sludge plant then in 2004 a phosphate removal plant was installed. Today it can handle up to 73 million litres of sewage a day, with full treatment taking 12 hours.
TO ARRANGE A VISIT PLEASE USE THE DETAILS BELOW
| County | Call us | Contact form | |
| Birmingham & The Black Country | 07970 304 098 |
Justin Crilly |
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| Derbyshire | 07789 904 118 |
Richard Clough |
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| Gloucestershire |
07789 903 986 | Paul Tingle | Link |
| Leicestershire | 07703 718 340 |
Phil Pearce |
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| Nottinghamshire |
07703 718 340 |
Phil Pearce |
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| Shropshire |
07971 069 554 |
Claire Dare |
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| Staffordshire |
07789 904 118 |
Richard Clough | Link |
| Solihull & Warwickshire |
07767 330 626 | Malcolm Smith |
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| Worcestershire |
07789 903 986 |
Paul Tingle | Link |