Day: 28 April 2008

Dublin ‘at increased risk of flooding’

Environmental experts have expressed concerns that Dublin is at an increased risk of flooding.

Siltbuster’s clarification range was born to be mobile

Lamella clarification of wastewater has been with us for more than 100 years - but, historically, lamella clarifiers have been expensive bespoke installations. The Siltbuster range has been specifically designed for mobility.

Aquabio gets to the root of a particularly potent problem

Aquabio is pioneering the use of large-scale recycling and reuse systems in the industrial sector.

Pinpoint system puts leak reporting in the palm of your hand

The Pinpoint system enables mobile field engineers to file real-time reports - from wherever they are, through a hand-held personal digital assistant (PDA) device - of pipeline leaks and defects. The PDAs have built-in global satellite positioning (GPS) and GPRS (internet) technology.

Picking out a winner from innovation’s brightest stars

Three companies with groundbreaking products are in the final stretch of the race for the Water Industry Achievement Awards' second Innovative Technology Award. Natasha Wiseman checks out their form

And the award goes to…

The finalists of the second annual Water Industry Achievement Awards have been chosen and, judging by the success of last year's event, the awards dinner promises to be a night to remember

How to give your pipes a clean start

A new water-trunk-main-cleaning technique went on trial for Northumbrian Water and was found to be equal to the challenge. Ian Clarke explains on behalf of Fastflow Pipeline Services

Keeping Welsh lake under control

Nine years after a project to automate sluice gates on a Welsh lake, control-technologies firm Denca has upgraded the system to include every conceivable safety feature, writes senior engineer Andy Vogen

Making SUDS standard practice

The problem with the uptake of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) is not one of technology, writes Bob Sargent, vice chair of the EIC's Water Pollution Control Working Group

Integrated action is the solution

Repeated flooding in North Brent prompted Defra to step in and include the London suburb in a pilot study on integrated urban drainage. MWH's principal engineer, Chris Digman, and senior engineer Tony Bamford reveal what they learnt from the findings about the scourge of urban flooding

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