Established in 2006, Lutra are a team of water and wastewater specialist solutions providers with a team of over 36 spread throughout New Zealand. Our Team is made up of engineers, modelers, data management specialists, content producers, and project managers. We combine expert engineering knowledge with innovative technologies to support the New Zealand municipal industry in providing end-to-end solutions, including market-leading operations and compliance management software. With well over a decade of experience, 25+ clients in the government municipalities and industrial space in NZ, as well as 25+ international clients, Lutra have built a reputation of delivering excellence across a number of key areas: Process control: Improving processes within water and wastewater treatment assets including the utilisation of power, chemicals and consumables through smart tools. Infrastructure Data (ID): Operations management software focused on water and wastewater treatment assets. This comprises time-saving features to improve operational performance, data quality and reduce organisational risk. ID is a scalable cloud-based platform which delivers a secure and reliable solution, backed by exceptional support. Managing assets which account for 75% of NZ’s population, ID is a trusted industry solution. Technical support: Providing specialist process design, and operational advisory support to the New Zealand water industry – helping clients work smarter. Training: Development and delivery of online training resources to optimise operational staff performance.
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Head over to stand 84 to see what John Wilson and Quentin Griffiths have to offer
That is one good looking Lutra stand at #WIOA24 in Tamworth! Interested at trying your hand at our arcade game, and at winning a TV? Head on down to stand 84 to give it a go!
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Just a reminder to anyone in NSW, Lutra will be exhibiting at Water Industry Operations Association of Australia (WIOA) Conference in Tamworth on 6th and 7th November. Be sure to stop by the stand for a chat, grab some merch or play our exclusive video game Lutra Otterman. Both Quentin Griffiths and John Wilson will be there.
Just a reminder to anyone in NSW, Lutra will be exhibiting at Water Industry Operations Association of Australia (WIOA) Conference in Tamworth on 6th and 7th November. Be sure to stop by the stand for a chat, grab some merch or play our exclusive video game Lutra Otterman. Both Quentin Griffiths and John Wilson will be there.
Lutra will be exhibiting at next week's Water Industry Operations Association of Australia (WIOA) conference in Tamworth NSW, with both Quentin and John in attendance. Find out more about what they will be up to in this short article.
Lutra's ID continues to add more and more integrations with other platforms and devices, including Wildeye Monitoring Devices, watch the video below where Quentin Griffiths explains a bit about how this works and could benefit you. #watertreatment #wastewater #datamanagement #IOT
What Louis Ortenzio, doesn't know about MBBR probably isn't worth knowing, and it's good to see it rubbing off on Song Li and Cassandra Yang and the rest of the wastewater team too. Any questions, just get in touch with any of the team. #wastewater #mbbr
The Lutra MBBR pilot has been running at the PNCC WWTP for about 5.5 weeks. We often get asked how long it takes for an MBBR to start up. So here is some anecdotal information collected by Song Li and Cassandra Yang - our two Palmerston North engineers. The media we are using right now is conventional HDPE media which had been soaked in hypo prior to decommissioning at our last pilot so the media was not hydrophobic, but everything was dead. Week of 9/9: Air, Secondary effluent flow to R1, sodium acetate to R2 Week of 9/16: No biological activity Week of 9/23: Too many other things to juggle to go to site Week of 9/30: Overrange on NO2-N in both reactors - growth happening Week of 10/6: R1 50% anticipated nitrification rate, R2 underloaded and removing all nitrate Week of 16/10: R1 100% anticipated removal, underloaded and removing all nitrate So 5.5 weeks for max nitrification rate off of a two-pond system. I consider this a typical biofilm system commissioning timeline for Tw = 15C so not limited to just MBBR. Pic below is from R1.
ID now has extra capabilities through our Advanced Process Modules, combining our process engineering knowledge with our data management know how. Louis Ortenzio, explains how the Wastewater Chemical Consumption module works and how it can benefit you. #wastewater #chemicalconsumptions #wwtp
Lutra recently hired a new process engineer Sylvia Chia who joins the wastewater team. She is already hard at work, so expect to see her working on many more projects in the future. Find out a little more about her in the vid below. Welcome Sylvia! #wastewatertreatment #processengineer #massey
Great to get Amanda Slater and Louis Ortenzio, P.E. over to WEFTEC 2024 in New Orleans. I'm sure they will gain some valuable insights to share with the rest of us. #weftec #WaterTreatment #Wastewatertreatment
Super excited to be representing Lutra alongside Louis Ortenzio, P.E. at WEFTEC 2024 in New Orleans this week! Started out with a visit to the Carrollton Water Treatment Plant and a full day learning all about the latest in disinfection methods and technology. Looking forward to a full on few days in the Big Easy!
Lutra are attending Water NZ in Hamilton this week, we have 8 people attending and one presentation. Make sure you say hi to Jonathan Church, Quentin Griffiths, Cassandra Yang, Richard Slight, Louis Ortenzio, P.E., sean pathman, Brad Horsburgh 🇺🇦, and watch John Wilson present about LTO on Thursday. #WaterNZ #Conference #Hamilton #WaterNewZealand #watertreatment #Wastewatertreatment