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PR19 Challenge Report - Sewer Flooding
In the second of our PR19 Challenge Reports, which look in detail at each of the 14 common performance commitments which...
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WWT Explains… Pumps as Turbines
In this educational guide from WWT we look at Pumps as Turbines (PaT) applications, in
which pumps can be run in reverse...
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CENTAUR: Upsizing sewer storage
The Water Industry Award-winning CENTAUR offers ‘virtual storage' within sewer networks
to cut flood risk and reduce CSO...
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WWT challenge report: leakage
In the first of our Challenge Reports looking at the 14 common performance commitments
that water companies will be...
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Innovation Zone: Fighting the FOG
Our innovation specials continue with an examination of new measures to improve
sewer health by tackling fats, oils and...
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Top Tips for specifying concrete manholes
Stuart Crisp, business development director for the British Precast Drainage Association,
gives his top tips for...
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WWT's Supplier hub
Effectively optimise your relevant sales and marketing collateral to 18,115 water professionals each and every month.
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Hot stuff: making the most of sewer heat
Technology now allows heat from sewage to be extracted and utilised. But what is the
true potential of the innovation?...
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Vacuum sewerage networks: solutions for difficult situations
When gravity sewers are unsuitable, vacuum sewerage technology can provide the
answers - and with multiple added benefits
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Pipe liner does the trick for mending rising main
A trenchless solution was found for a rising main sewer in Norfolk which had suffered
from repeated bursts
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Beyond a pump in a box
Whether it is installation, servicing and maintenance, energy-saving and performance advice, or data acquisition, pump...
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Rise of the 'wipe wash' clogs UK's drains and sewers
A trend for using wet wipes to clean the body could be partly responsible for the
repeated blockages which are the scourge...
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SCADA Security in the Water Industry
Forward-thinking water industry leaders are putting enhanced risk management programs in place to assess their...
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Private drains and sewers transfer - six years on
October 2011 marked a major change in the way sewers and drains running from
private properties into the public sewer...
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Out of Order
With women and girls across the globe still waiting for access to basic sanitation, western-style sewers are probably not...
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Welsh Water asks customers for help on pollution after dry spell
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has urged its customers to be vigilant for signs of pollution and
to avoid flushing inappropriate items after the recent prolonged dry weather increased
the risk of blockages in the sewer system.
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Thames Water launches wet wipe campaign
Thames Water has launched a new campaign urging people to stop flushing wet wipes
down the toilet in a bid to reduce sewer blockages and fatbergs.
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Severn Trent signs agreement with Next Filtration to attack FOG
Severn Trent has signed an agreement with the US-based technology supplier Next
Filtration Technologies Inc. to allow full-scale deployment of its Next FOG STOP
technology and continue evaluation of additional applications.
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Majority of Britons oppose wet wipe ban - survey
Fifty-nine per cent of Britons would not support the proposed Government ban on
disposable wipes, despite 93 per cent of people agreeing that the British public needs
more education on the dangers of fatbergs, according to new research from Lanes
Group plc.
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Tree roots blamed for drain and sewer damage
Tree roots are a significant cause of damage to drains and sewers in the UK and the
problem may be set to worsen because of climate change, a report has suggested.