Day: 28 May 2008

Island of Seil gets new wastewater system

A new wastewater system has been announced for the east of Scotland.

Urban fleet vehicles ‘should be more efficient’

Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) has said that replacing 10% of vehicles in the country with electric or hybrid vehicles would reduce CO2 emissions by 0.35m tonnes per year.

The importance of flow and load surveys

Although seemingly expensive, a flow and load survey can save vast sums of money - and it can prove to be a key aspect of a wastewater treatment works, writes Paul Lavender of Aqua Enviro

Solar pump brings running water to a Gambian school

Mono's UK sales manager Mark Viner was part of a team to visit Gambia and install a solar pump in a school. Here he explains

P&M gets its teeth into a gritty problem for Southern

The screw centrifugal pumps had failed at a Southern Water site due to rag and grit in the sludge they were handling. But chopper pumps solved the problem, writes Matt Harvey, director of P&M Pumps

Bullet-proof buoy solves level-measuring problem

It saves manpower and can even cope with a complete lack of any electrical or telecoms infrastructure. Peter Easey of MetaSphere reports on a new vandal-proof approach to reservoir level measurement

Huge roofs on Top o’ th’ Cow

They are believed to be the biggest freely supported concrete domed roofs in the UK. Stewart Tennant, director of GHA Livigunn, describes one of the most technically demanding projects of his career

National flood forecasting for Germany

For the first time ever, a complete regional model of the main German rivers, including upstream catchment areas outside the country, has been developed. Gregers Jørgensen, senior hydrologist at DHI-DK, and Ole Larsen, head of business development for DHI in Germany, explains

Divide and conquer

Dividing Cambridge Water's area of coverage into district meter areas is helping the utility overcome the problem of excessive leakage. Cambridge Water's design and standards engineer, John Brock, and consultant Mouchel's project engineer, Gareth Mallows, explain the part software plays in the solution

It’s all a matter of total thrust

A pipe-thruster that allows accurate monitoring on project sites is becoming a force to be reckoned with. Herrenknecht's chairman, Martin Herrenknecht, and vice-chairman, Werner Suhn, explain how it works

Off the road and on the right track

A road project in Scotland needed the rerouting of a water main and power cables. Underground Moling Services director Jim Morrison explains how cooperation between stakeholders led to the desired result

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