Water & Wastewater Treatment Magazine
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Global pipeline infrastructure company Aquam Technologies has appointed Christopher Sheelan to the post of health, safety, environment and quality (HSEQ) leader. Sheelan will be based at the company's Manchester headquarters and will be tasked with delivering the target of zero harm and zero incidents in every area. Black & Veatch has named Mark Kaney as its director of asset management as it continues to grow its Europe Asset Management business. The company said Kaney will draw upon 20 years' experience in the utility sector, working for utility companies and their consulting partners, to help clients embed good asset management thinking. Tim Williams is Stantec's new strategic growth & business development director for water. He had been head of asset strategy & planning and head of capital alliance for Welsh Water, where he managed investment plans for PR09, PR14 and PR19 and implemented asset management transformation plans. The Talk: September ROUND UP PEOPLE MOVES 4 | SEPTEMBER 2018 | WWT | www.wwtonline.co.uk Regulators demand more ambition on resilience planning Defra, the Environment Agency, the Drinking Water Inspectorate and Ofwat have written to water companies to urge them to show increased ambition for AMP7 to meet the resilience challenge. The joint letter emphasised the importance of regional thinking that transcends company boundaries and said the Government's forthcoming national policy statement will help to "streamline the delivery of, and set out the need for, nationally significant water resources infrastructure such as reservoirs, water transfers and desalination projects". Companies with high debt to share gains with customers Reforms now confirmed by water regulator Ofwat could see the most highly geared water companies forced to share up to £230 million with customers over the period 2020-2025. Any water company that continues to have debt substantially in excess of the level used by Ofwat to set price controls will be required to share any benefits they accrue with customers. The regulator is also asking for evidence to inform a review looking to update and upli the compensation provided to customers when they are without access to water. Climate change 'will lead to higher UK water costs' Britain's water industry will face higher costs for treating and managing water supplies due to the increasing occurrence of drought and flood resulting from climate change, according to a new Institution of Mechanical Engineers report. Water treatment plants will be required to run at peak flow rates for longer, raising maintenance and running costs as well as energy consumption. The increased water flow will also require more chemicals to clean the water faster. The report said companies will also need to increase the pace of pipework replacement significantly.