Day: 1 October 1998

Ireland’s largest water tower stands tall

The Kiltrough water tower near Drogheda, Ireland is easily the largest in the country. Austrian formwork specialists RSB-Roundtech describes its contribution to the project.

Keeping tabs on the blue-green menace

Despite few reports of toxic blue-green algae this year, research into their ecology and control continues unabated reports Peter Minting.

How much is that river in the window?

Following a disagreement over abstraction, the River Kennet was valued at £700,000 and £13.6 million. RAJ Arthur examines the Kennet situation and asks what could this mean for other rivers.

Data mining for water industry applications

The School of Engineering at Exeter University adopts a multidisciplinary approach to engineering education and research. Within the School this approach is exemplified bythe Centre for Water Systems, which brings together researchers from various engineering disciplines. The Centre develops and applies innovative computing methods, techniques and advanced information technology to problems of water resource systems planning and management. Dr Dragan Savic explains its research programme into optimisation of pipe networks.

Sensing profit in the water industry

There is a need for more and better on-line instrumentation but a more important current need is to be sure that we only make measurements for which there is a clear business need. Researchers, manufacturers and users should co-operate in understanding the need for measurements, the circumstances under which they will be made and how the resulting data will be used, explains Michael Scott, director of SWIG (Sensors for Water Interest Group).

Effective corrosion management

Wastewater treatment facilities, primarily constructed from concrete, often require some form of surface protection to increase resistance to corrosion caused by chemical attack. Piers Bradbury and Steve Davies of KCH Keramchemie (UK) discuss the need for corrosion management in wastewater treatment facilities and the different types of surface protection systems utilised.

Specialised equipment plays major role in landfill site construction and operations.

Specialised plant and equipment is playing a key role in the construction and operation landfill sites as examples in this month’s special feature illustrate. The feature also includes an update on the forthcoming EC Draft Landfill Directive which is likely to have major implications for landfill operators in the UK.

RCVS PLUG INTO COMPUTER “BRAIN”

Over the next few weeks Dennis Eagle is starting to fit its latest piece of computer technology - the Eagle Brain - to all its refuse vehicles made at the company’s manufacturing facility at Warwick.

Tanker hire brings 25 percent saving.

When a number of the waste-carrying tankers owned and operated by South West Water Services Ltd (SWWSL) came up for renewal, the company took the opportunity to re-assess its transport requirements, with bottom-line cost a vital factor. Not only vehicle specifications came under scrutiny: the company also carried out a comparative review of alternative forms of acquisition - that is of financing the new fleet.

Hire group targets recycling market.

Attracted by the prospects for the recycling market - particularly for the massive tonnages of construction and demolition materials - the nationwide plant hire group Vibroplant has taken a quantum leap into the heavyweight end of the equipment rental sector.

“Best Value” set to boost private sector role in financing equipment for LA market.

How do you put a ceiling on machinery whole-life costs and achieve best value? asks a the in-house finance arm of a leading equipment manufacturer with wide experience of the local authority and waste markets and in the finance of all makes of construction and industrial plant and equipment.

From out of thin air

Environmental managers in industry could be forgiven for placing air pollution low on their list of concerns: any objective assessment of air quality in the UK shows road traffic, not industry, to be the primary offender. But recent developments at EU and national level guarantee that the drive to improve air quality will continue to impact on the manufacturing sector, says Tim Brown, deputy secretary for Policy and Development for the National Society for Clean Air - and sometimes from unexpected directions.

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