Day: 14 May 2007

UN appointment for Zimbabwe

The industrialised West has found itself in conflict with developing states following the controversial election of a Zimbabwean minister to an important environmental post within the United Nations.

Business should take the lead in HK pollution

Chinese industry could learn from experience in the US when it comes to pollution-cutting initiatives, according to a visiting dignitary.

Siltbuster – solving the shortage down under

The highest level of water restrictions has been imposed by East Gippsland Water in Australia following harmful pollution affecting the Mitchell River. To overcome the resultant water shortage there, the water company turned to Siltbuster find a solution that would improve water supply to 17,000 residents in the region.

Contractors experiencing a renaissance

The supply chain has responded well to the changes that have arisen following privatisation, with new players having entered the sector and some having left. Terry Povall outlines just some of the challenges that contractors are likely to face in the 21st century.

SmartMeter – helping to cut water bills

Intelligent water meters help indentify supply pipe leakage. Severn Trent Service's Fran House provides an update on how the trials of its SmartMeter C100R are progressing. Supply pipe leakage has always been difficult to accurately estimate due to its irregular occurrence and relatively low flow rate levels, but the impact of incorrectly assessing the scale of the problem can be wide-reaching.

Discharges – whose risk is it anyway?

The EIC's Water Pollution Control Working Group is lobbying the Environment Agency to consider not only the method of regulating discharges but also the nature of what is being regulated. The group's Duncan Russell and Richard Barnard outline the reasons why.

Stand up and be counted

An inefficient, boom and bust culture exists in the UK water industry's supply chain, according to initial findings from research by UKWIR. Dean Stiles reports on why suppliers need to influence the regulatory cycles' poiicy makers.

Trant builds membrane filter plant trio

Trant Construction is currently building three membrane filter plants in the South. One of the contracts, on the River Itchen in Portsmouth, is worth nearly £13M. Sean Jordan, contracts manager for the company's water engineering arm, reports on the project

Southern upgrades mapping system

Southern Water has upgraded its mapping data to a full corporate geographical information system using a single repository of spatial data. This has allowed it to take advantage of Ordnance Survey's (OS) flagship, MasterMap. Paul Beauchamp of OS reports

HDD aids clean coastline

The North Coast Wastewater Treatment Scheme involves laying 24km of pumping mains, the construction of eight major sewage pumping stations, and the refurbishment of five others.

Our fleet managers need the continental touch

Noel Lock urges the government to take notice of the environmental credentials of liquid petroleum gas as a serious alternative fuel for our business fleets

No hiding place

A landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice on environmental lapses could profoundly affect business throughout the EU. Chris Webb reports

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