Water & Wastewater Treatment

www.wwtonline.co.uk | WWT | MAY 2014 | 3 12 CASE STUDY Innovative mobile water treatment units for Southern Water 17 CASE STUDY Space-effi cient stainless steel process pipework 20 CASE STUDY In-situ pump bearing replacement at United Utilities 04 News Highlights from the win- ners at the Water Industry Achievement Awards, organised by Water and Wastewater Treatment magazine and sister title, WET News. 22 Industry leaders Sara Venning The new chief executive of NI Water explains her vision for the business 27 Research round-up Top Dutch water projects described in new report 32 Getting2Grips How harmonics causes electrical equipment to run erratically 38 Technically speaking Why correct trash screen design eases fl ood risk 40 Skilling up Apprentices get a chance to shine Contents May Cathryn Ross, Ofwat "In this price review we challenged companies to change their approach and they have." Richard Bienfait, Affi nity Water "Over 12,500 cus- tomers responded to our consultations and helped shape the Business Plan we submitted to Ofwat in December 2013." Acting Editor Dean Stiles wwtedit@fav-house.com Sales executive North/Midlands Judith Eastham 0161 903 1512 judith.eastham@fav-house.com Sales executive South/Global Michael Butcher 01342 332073 michael.butcher@fav-house.com Classified sales Alyson Brice 01342 332075 alyson.brice@fav-house.com Production Editor Mike Smith Publisher Angela Himus 01342 332060 angela.himus@fav-house.com EDITORIAL BOARD Simon Barnes Yorkshire Water Nigel Paterson Veolia Water James Chalmers ABB Piers Clark Thames Water, Isle Utilities Tony Conway United Utilities Paul Gibbs Anglian Water Graham Keegan Eight 2 O Mark Allen Black & Veatch Duncan Lewis Xylem Water Solutions Clive Patten Sulzer Pumps Wastewater Frank Rogalla Aqualia Mark Smith WRc Prof Tom Stephenson Cranfield University, British Water, Bluewater Bio Steve Webber Murphy Group Publisher's note: This issue includes editorial photographs provided and paid for by suppliers.WWT digital editions, round tables, video, news, features, jobs, products. www.wwtonline.co.uk wwt@fav-house.com Published by Faversham House Ltd Faversham House, Windsor Court, Wood Street, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 1UZ Telephone: 01342 332000 Fax: 01342 332001 Subscriptions: 020 8955 7045 or email: fhcustomerservices@abacusemedia.com The title Water & Wastewater Treatment is registered at Stationers' Hall. Printed by Buxton Press Limited, Palace Road Buxton Derbyshire SK17 6AE. Copyright 2014. Faversham House Ltd. No part of this publication may be reproduced by any means without prior written permission from the publishers. Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of material published in Water & Wastewater Treatment. However, Faversham House Ltd will not be liable for any inaccuracies. The views expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the editor or publishers. Both text paper and cover stock are printed on PEFC accredited paper. For more info see www.PEFC.org. License number PEFC/16-33-141. Technical articles of full page, or more appearing in this journal are indexed by British Technical Index.© 2013 Faversham House Group Ltd. ISSN 1759-5932 Average circulation Jan-Dec 2013: 8,680 1yr: UK £99 Overseas (airmail) £113/$198 2yr: UK £171 Overseas (airmail) £199/$349 Subscriptions: PIPING UP "If the strength of the Pensions Infrastructure Platform and other institutional investors to make investments in infrastructure has been weakened by the budget announcement, then this presumably raises the stakes for project fi nance investments from other sources: Chinese money, those banks which are still lending, other sovereign wealth funds." Jonathan Hart, Pinsent Masons

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