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Algal Treatments
Global warming means algal blooms can only increase. Tom Hall of the WRc Group reports on the latest research into treatment programmes Excessive algal growth in raw water reservoirs can cause severe problems with water supply, even in a ...
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Going by the Book
The latest edition of The Drain Repair Book is a best-practice guide devised by insurers for contractorsworking in the public and private sectors. Iain Naismith of the WRc group outlines the updates. When the Insurers’ Drainage Forum met in ...
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Barriers to Sensor Innovation
There have always been plenty of innovative ideas about sensors. But, despite manufacturers wanting to develop them, very few come to fruition. Michael Scott of Optocem.net and Stephen Russell of WRc examine the problems Overwhelming anecdotal ...
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MCerts: The Fuller Picture
The introduction of MCerts for self-monitoring of discharge flows focused attention on areas of flow measurement that had been long overlooked. But the story is far from complete. WRc’s Andy Godley reports. It is more than two years since the ...
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Turning data into decisions: Europe’s sewer rehabilitation tool
CARE-S, a computer-based system for wastewater network management, is due to be launched later this year. BILL MCCANN speaks to SVEINUNG SAEGROV, editor of a new book from IWA Publishing which reports on the system’s development and the benefits ...
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Taking Action for The Future
Sewer networksoperate with practically no installed monitoring of any kind. This simple picture is beginning to change for two main reasons. Firstly, consumers expect ever higher standards from service providers of all kinds, and sewerage ...
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Raising The Stake
Water supply aims to provide the consumer with drinking water that is acceptable in terms of taste, odour and appearance, and is safe to dink in relation to chemical and microbiological constituents. This is achieved though the applicationof ...
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Odour Nuisance - Where We Are and Where to Next?
Prior to 1990 there were very few examples of effective odour control schemes at sewage treatment works. Sources were often not properly identified, much less quantified and budgets did not allow the introduction of properly engineered solutions. ...
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Kicking up a stink
From 1990 to 2001, odour from sewage treatment works was controlled by local authorities under the Statutory Nuisance provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) 1990. Then came a landmark ruling in 2001, where it was judged that a sewage ...
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Data Flows
Metering only tells us our total water usage, but the latest technology can tell us so much more, according to Dene Marshallsay and Mark Kowalski.
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The Water Framework Directive - ‘Time to Kill??
Untitled Document The Water Framework Directive will fundamentally change the way water is managed in the European Union, introducing a new concept of “good status” which incorporates biological, chemical ...
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Water-Renew: Wastewater Tertiary Treatment Using Renewable Energy Crops - (World Water)
Untitled Document Water-Renew is an EU LIFE Environment1 funded portfolio collaborative research project led by WRc Group in partnership with Queen’s University Belfast and Cranfield University. The project aims to ...
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International benchmarking network helps utilities improve performance
Untitled Document Water and sanitation utilities throughout the world can benefit from the comprehensive IBNET website, funded by the UK government and the World Bank, that includes performance data from more than 600 utilities ...
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PR04 - Can ICA save costs?
Untitled Document Ofwat expects Water Companies in England and Wales to make savings on their operating costs by achieving greater efficiency, but further belttightening can’t offer much more scope without putting ...
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Domestic Metering - Do we understand all the issues as we move into AMP 4?
Untitled Document The number of domestic properties in the England & Wales currently paying for water by volume, i.e. via a water meter, is about 25%. Current projections estimating the number of households paying for ...
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Price limit fallout and the road ahead
Untitled Document The dust is settling on Ofwat’s final determination and water companies are focussing on the twin challenge of delivering the investment programme within the price limits and being ready for the next ...
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The Traffic Management Act - Can Water Companies and Customers Afford It?
Untitled Document What the customers have to pay for Since privatisation in 1989, the UK water industry has undertaken it’s business planning in 5-year cycles, each referred to as an Asset Management Plan (AMP). ...
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Water utility telemetry systems - interesting times ahead?
Untitled Document Real time telemetry systems are key to Water Utilities’ efforts to meet Amp4 efficiency demands. Across the businesses, decisions increasingly need real time information, and making the best decisions ...
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Fletchers Fair Deal
Untitled Document Thursday 2 December saw OFWAT release details of their Final Determinations of Water and Sewerage charges for the period 2005-10. These show an average bill increase of 18%, compared with the 29% ...
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How much does that hole in the road really cost?
Untitled Document Setting the scene Holes in the road, resulting from Utility streetworks or highway authority roadworks, have received much publicity recently. There has been increasing Government and public ...