Day: 6 August 2010

Value meat supplier announces progress of environmental drive

Multi-billion dollar US-based meat retailer Tyson Foods has revealed the progress of its green drive.

Surfers go to WAR to protect waves

Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) landed on a Cornish beach with two tanks and smoking flares to mark the release of a report calling for more protection for the country's waves.

Global warming turns 35

The term global warming was first coined 35 years ago this weekend by an American academic.

Mouchel teams up with SWW for K5 studies

Consulting and business services group Mouchel is to carry out extensive water distribution studies as part of South West Water's (SWW) K5 framework programme, which starts next month. The framework is for an initial two years.

Tidal energy study

Engineering consultant Parsons Brinckerhoff is to explore options for tidal energy generation across the Duddon Estuary in South Cumbria. The study, for regeneration organisation Britain's Energy Coast West Cumbria, seeks to identify the best options for any potential development.

Tamesis wins £200M Crossness contract

Thames Water has selected Laing O'Rourke and Imtech Process joint venture Tamesis as the contractor for the £200M upgrade to its Crossness Sewage Treatment Works in east London.

Where are the skilled workers?

Water companies are set to shed jobs, following Ofwat's price determination. But, as Dean Stiles reports, the UK desperately needs to invest in engineering and construction staff.

Growing without pain

The population of the Dorset town of Gillingham is expanding fast. So when its existing wastewater system was struggling to cope with peak demands, action had to be taken. Installing four of Nordic Water's Dynasand moving sand bed filters proved a fine solution.

Lining up a top solution

A culvert rehabilitation and strengthening project in Ireland proved just how effective cured-in-place pipe technology can be - even in the most challenging of circumstances.

Reed beds to replace sludge lagoon system

Essex & Suffolk Water, part of Northumbrian Water, is trialling ARM sludge treatment reed beds for the ferric sludge produced in drinking water treatment processes at its Hanningfield Water Treatment Works. Applying this technology to drinking water treatment is "a world first", accord to ARM.

Conformity is the best solution

Failing to meet industry water standards is costly. That's why, says James Roper, it pays to install the right system.

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