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28 WET NEWS JULY 2014 FORESIGHT What do you think? According to Thames Tideway Tunnel CEO Andy Mitchell, women only account for 11% of the construction workforce. The company has set a forum to break down the barriers that prevent women from taking a career in construction. What can be done to encourage more women to become engineers in the water industry? What must the industry do to enhance its attractiveness in the job stakes when compared with the energy and telecoms sectors? I have never... While digging a hole outside a customer's house, I have never... What do you think? The Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee has told the government not to neglect maintenance of flood defences and watercourses to ensure better protection for properties against future flood risk. If you headed flood defences, what would your strategic policy be to reduce the risk of flooding? I have never... While making tea / coffee for my colleagues I have never... Write a caption Amey has retained a metering contract and secured an extended developer services contract with Severn Trent Water. The two deals are worth a combined £100M, and see Amey retain its position as sole provider for Severn Trent's meter installation repair and maintenance and become design and build partner to provide developer services. Write a caption and email it to yoursayWN@fav-house.com by July 23, 2014. The best captions will be published in the August 2014 issue of WET News. COMING UP Sustainable Water 2014: Energy & Carbon Management Conference Hilton Birmingham Metropole, Birmingham September 23, 2014 www.wwt-energy.net The conference will examine the challenges of reducing energy usage and carbon emissions, and increasing renewable energy investment. Water Scotland 2014 Conference Crowne Plaza, Glasgow October 10, 2014 www.wwt-scotland.net Water Scotland will focus on how Scottish Water will meet the challenges of the 2015-21 capital investment cycle, and how stakeholders are collaborating to deliver integrated solutions. Water Industry Asset Management Conference Holiday Inn, Birmingham January 28, 2015 www.wwt-asset.net The conference will address the complexities of moving towards a totex approach, and discover how companies are working in a more integrated way with the supply chain to boost collaboration and efficiency in AMP6. • HAVE YOUR SAY We want more of your voices in WET News. Give us your views and thoughts on the following subjects and statements. Jot them down on an email and send to yoursayWN@fav-house.com by July 23, 2014 and we will publish a collection of them in the August 2014 edition of WET News. Please state if you are happy to be named, use an alias or would prefer to remain anonymous. Last month's best answers "I didn't know NASA had moved its rocket launch pad from Cape Canaveral" "I woke up this morning in the land of giants" "I never had a problem with size 'til now" XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | the market 53 1990 -1995 AMP1 1995 - 2000 AMP2 2 000 - 2005 A M P 3 2 0 0 5 - 2 0 1 0 A M P4 2010 - 2015 AMP5 QED supporting 20 years of AMP cycles with Water Quality and Leaka g e M an ag e m en t Eng i n e e r i n g … with many more years in the pipeline Quantum Engineering Developments Ltd. Quantum House, Saxon Business Park, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, Worcs. B60 4AD Tel: 01527 577888 - Fax: 01527 577007 Email: sales@quantumeng.co.uk - www.quantumeng.co.uk l Surge control systems for potable, sewage du es. l Refurbishment/upgrade of exis ng surge systems. l Manufacture of vessels for surge, DAF, accumulators, contact tanks etc. l Instrumenta on for new/exis ng pressure systems. l Compressor packages for surge, instrument, DAF, backwashing. l Booster pump packages for wash water du es. l Passive intake screens. Quantum Engineering Development Ltd QED are the UK's leading surge control system providers to the water and waste treatment industry. Holding preferred, approved, nominated or framework supplier status with the majority of the leading water and construc on leaders. All facets of contract du es undertaken by specificially trained in-house employees. Staff training program linked to exceed water and waste treatment industry expecta ons. Ongoing development of staff, products and services ensure compliance with ever evolving legisla ve requirements and engineering best prac ce. A4_Advert_Layout 1 07/03/2014 13:24 Page 1