Day: 1 August 2001

Belgian plant finally gets the go-ahead

But the new Brussels North wastewater scheme - one of Europe's biggest BOOT projects - is facing a challenge in the courts from an unsuccessful contender in the race for the $320M project as Alan George reports from Brussels.

Casting replaces spinning process

In one of the longest established industrial areas of the country, pipe manufacturing is still going strong. Peter Minting visited Stanton Bonna's plant near Ilkstone in Derbyshire

How significantly risky a business is managing contaminated land

In this edited paper by Adam Czarnecki and Sarah Dack of GeoDelft Environmental, the application of risk assessment in the management of contaminated land is reviewed within the context of requirements of recently introduced regulations applying in England and Scotland.

Initiatives across the UK map out how recycling targets can be hit

Special Correspondent Pat Jennings reviews the current scene in the waste minimisation and recycling sector, where the restructured Government environmental departments remain committed to the goals set out in the Waste Strategy, backed by recent initiatives which should boost the drive to meet national targets for recycling

GIS advances widen the horizons for environmental professionals

Geographic information systems (GIS) have become an accepted high-tech IT tool for the management of a wide range of environmental and waste sector tasks, with applications include the mapping of contaminated land to the mapping of boundaries and the location of public utilities

Wasteland reclaimed as canalboat marina

Edmund Nuttall Ltd is in the process of transforming a derelict site along the banks of the Grand Union Canal near Uxbridge into a 120-berth marina and nature reserve complex. This £3 million project was awarded to Nuttall by British Waterways, which owns the site and was keen to put it to productive use. This project was made possible through the development of an innovative remediation strategy proposed by Nuttall in conjunction with the design team from Halcrow Water Services.

Is insurance the solution to the brown field dilemma?

This case study from Argyll Public Sector Services of the development of a former landfill site illustrates the key role that the insurance industry can play in ensuring the effective regeneration of contaminated land

Education, education . . .

Chalk and talk, interactive workshops, practical exercises, videos, role-play... Training delivery, according to Melanie Kenny and Wendy Jervis, URS Dames & Moore, depends on what's being delivered, and to whom.

Biosensors: from canaries to bacteria

Impure water? Dirty work surfaces? Polluted effluent? Contaminated products or land? These days we don't use canaries in coal mines to warn of impending danger, but the same principle that protected miners then does the same job today, albeit in the form of microorganisms like bacteria. Dr Sarah Young, BIO-WISE, explains.

Water and wastewater treatment: on your marks, get set . . .

The ongoing pursuit of reducing running costs and guaranteeing an optimal quality/quantity ratio has led industrial end-users to increase installations of technologically-advanced equipment for the treatment of water utilised in on-site processes.

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Statistics do not bode well for the occasional industrial pump purchaser. The large water utilities, with tens of thousands of pumps handling municipal wastes, are able to select the right pump via ready access to performance records and fluid technology expertise. Derek Jackson, Hidrostal, offers a few pointers for the industrial user.

The means to the end

Over four days in July. 178 countries concluded a compromise to ensure a continuing of international efforts to address climate change. At the same time, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published Climate Change 2001, a 2,600-page, three volume tome detailing the evidence for climate change, what it means, and what we can do about it.
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