Water & Wastewater Treatment

Name of the project/initiative/ technology Name Result Delivering surface water disconnection, education & engagement at a school Anglian Water Services, Atkins & Dunella Finalist Concrete Canvas Channel Lining at the Avoca Mine site, Ireland Concrete Canvas Finalist Redi-Rock Flood Walls Marshalls CPM Finalist Gloucestershire County Council Residual Waste Project Ramboll Finalist Slimbridge Infiltration Reduction Severn Trent Finalist Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans SNC-Lavalin Atkins Finalist FOG & Unflushables Educational and Behavioural Change Project Southern Water Winner Measuring the True Value of Blue- Green Infrastructure with B£ST Stantec & CIRIA Finalist Name of the project/initiative/ technology Name Result H&S Initiative – Pipe Coil Anglian Water's @one Alliance Winner LIFE Team Anglian Water Services Finalist Open Access SMB JV (Skanska, MWHT, Balfour Beatty) Finalist 8 Drainage & Flood Management Initiative of the Year Winner: ANGLIAN WATER'S @ONE ALLIANCE – H&S INITIATIVE – PIPE COIL Following an incident that resulted in serious facial injuries after stored energy in a polyethylene (PE) pipe was released in an uncontrolled manner, a working group was formed to raise awareness of the risks and develop a methodology to be adopted by the @one Alliance and shared across the industry. The group developed a procedure regarding the safe storage and handling and PE pipe coils covering design and deci- sion-making; correctly storing coiled CE pipe; loading and unloading coiled pipe on trailers; and controlling the coiled pipe during jointing and re-rounding. Winner: SOUTHERN WATER – FOG & UNFLUSHABLES EDUCATIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE PROJECT In response to the 23,000 sewer blockages it had to contend with every year, Southern Water embarked on an educational programme about the responsible use of fat, oil, grease, wipes, sanitary items and small bathroom objects. The project has involved field teams giving advice to customers who live in hotspot areas; talks, presentations and media articles; the production of two Unflushables films, with the first reaching 16 million people; and the development of an augmented reality game for young people. Sewer blockages have since fallen to 17,500 a year while the number of internal floodings to customers' houses fell from 480 to 340. Health & Safety Initiative of the Year What the judges said: "This project is exactly the sort of thing the whole industry should be doing. It's focused on solving a problem and shows a comprehensive approach to the challenge." What the judges said: "This project solved a genuine health and safety problem that others will have experienced in the industry. It had demonstrable benefits and the potential for the knowledge to be disseminated more widely."

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