# South Staffs Water to upgrade Hampton Loade plant with ceramic membrane technology

South Staffs Water is upgrading its Hampton Loade Water Treatment Works in Shropshire, UK, using CeraMac ceramic membrane technology from PWNT. The GBP 55 million project will make it the world's largest ceramic membrane-based water treatment plant, with completion expected in August 2024.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-08-02
- Where: Hampton Loade, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, United Kingdom
- Value: $66.5M (55.0M GBP)
- Starts operating: Aug 2024
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 210 million liters per day
- Products: ceramic membrane water filtration systems
- Sectors: [Water Treatment Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/water-treatment-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [South Staffs Water](https://endata.com/companies/63574.md)
- [PWNT](https://endata.com/companies/36148.md) (supplier)
- [Ross-shire Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/39564.md) (partner)
- [Nijhuis Saur Industries](https://endata.com/companies/54242.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [waterworld.com](https://www.waterworld.com/drinking-water-treatment/press-release/14280638/uk-to-build-worlds-largest-ceramic-membrane-water-treatment-plant), 2022-08-02: "Once completed in August 2024, it will be the world’s largest ceramic membrane-based water treatment works."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.