Day: 1 October 2001

Controlling corrosion in desalination plants

Over the past ten years, Desalination and Reverse Osmosis (RO) systems have come into their own as an excellent alternative to treating drinking water, particularly in areas which have either a shortage of natural ground/surface water or are near seawater supplies. However, there are problems associated with producing such high quality drinking water.

Utilities in organised chaos

Water companies are working hard to hone emergency planning strategies in accordance with the 1998 DETR directive. John Shaw, of UPM, reports crisis simulation can fine-tune procedure

Plug into concrete protection

The Corrosion Preventation Association explains cathodic protection

A determination to end stop/go

To get a picture of the problems facing the industry's suppliers and contractors, and how the situation can be eased, WWT spoke to Paul Mullord, commercial manager with British Water

Time to take the test

Increasing demand for environmental tests has precipitated a boom in the lab services market, and led to in-house testing going out. David Fevyer, from LabDirect, connects UK industry to the lab services they need on-line.

Bio-test monitors benzene emissions

Chemical exposure has been a growing concern for over forty years. Although emission controls have improved considerably, demands for higher quality industrial and municipal life create a need for more comprehensive methods of chemical exposure measurement. Until now regulatory agencies have had to be satisfied with measuring concentrations of polluting agents in the environment around the exposed worker or citizen. However, as our understanding of the complex effects of exposure advances, so the demands for evaluating an individual's actual exposure increase.

Energy management steps forward

Energy management was last a big issue in the 1970s. Since then, the impetus has not been maintained and energy demands per employee have risen. Now many organisations are beginning to tackle their energy issues, but not in a long-term way. Malcolm West, AEA Technology, shows you how.

The color of money

Hard on the heels of the climate change levy and associated energy-saving enhanced capital allowances, the government has launched for consultation the Green Technology Challenge. Matt MacAllan reports.

Contamination cover

According to the CBI, in the early 1990s contamination liabilities in the UK stood at £20bn. Changes in legislation, accounting and general business practices, as well as stricter enforcement, have meant that these liabilities are now more easily identified; polluters or landowners held responsible. Richard Davies, AIG Europe, on not crying over clean-up.

EMS in regeneration

The East Midlands Development Agency is tackling the environmental impacts associated with the regeneration of a former coking works via the application of an environmental management system (EMS) - The Avenue Project.

What do you know?

Environmental Diagnostics, a thematic research programme of the UK Natural Environment Research Council, set out in 1995 to provide a better scientific basis for the sustainable management of chemicals and to provide industry and government with tools that would help manage their manufacture, use and disposal.

Sustainability: spotlight on construction

Last month, IEM presented an ongoing project to relocate the Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon according to the sustainability principles of The Natural Step. Since walls, floors and ceilings are integral to all buildings, they provide three obvious places to explore how more sustainable decisions were put into effect. By Jas Dhami, a building economist with Carillion Building, and Dr Mark Everard, The Natural Step.

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