How flushing your toilet is helping to power homes in Milton Keynes

Anglian Water scheme helps to power thousands of homes in Milton Keynes

oneMK 30 October 2015: Every flush of your toilet is helping to power homes in Milton Keynes following a multi-million pound investment from Anglian Water.

During the past year the Cotton Valley Water Recycling Centre at Milton Keynes produced enough electricity to power 18,180 homes for a month – the equivalent of a town the size of Bletchley.

The power is produced from the treatment of sewage sludge, a by-product of the water recycling process. The sludge is treated in specialised vessels, a process known as anaerobic digestion, to high temperatures to kill off harmful bacteria meaning what’s left behind can then be used as a soil conditioner in...read on.