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The treatment works' inlet weir and overflow 8 INTRODUCTION United Utilities Yorkshire Water Thames Water Anglian Water Severn Trent Water Dwr Cymru Welsh Water ^ Wessex Water South West Water Southern Water Scottish Water Northumbrian Water Northern Ireland Water Jersey Water Guernsey Water Isle of Man Water and Sewerage Authority Water and sewerage companies Companies serving smaller geographic areas, not shown on map, are: Albion Water Independent Water Networks Peel Water Networks Scottish and Southern Energy Veolia Water Projects introduction.indd 8 08/01/2014 09:18 INTRODUCTION Water and sewerage companies Companies serving smaller geographic areas, not shown on map, are: Albion Water Independent Water Networks Peel Water Networks Scottish and Southern Energy Veolia Water Projects 19 THE WATER COMPANIES, AUTHORITIES AND LICENSEES Operational Facts 2012/13 Turnover £3m Number of employees (fte) 20 Area served Various Population – water 1,000 Population – wastewater 3,000 Water Services Water supplied per day (average) 18Ml Household connections 400 Non-household connections 2 Sewerage Services Wastewater treatment works 2 Household connections 1,100 Non-household connections 50 Albion Water Albion Water Harpenden Hall Southdown Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 1TE Tel: 01582 767720 Email: info@albionwater.co.uk www.albionwater.co.uk Out of hours calls and customer help line Tel: 0845 604 2355 Albion was set up in the mid-1990s and was the first newly licensed water company since the privatisation of the water industry in 1989. It is committed to the delivery of services to customers, using techniques and processes which minimise the impact of our activities on the environment. Chairman Dr Jerry Bryan Non-Executive Director Malcolm Jeffery Managing Director David Knaggs Finance Director Paul Tate Management Team Company Secretary: Jamestown Investments Ltd Management Head of Customer Services: Angela Cutler Managing Director Albion ECO: Stephen Bradley Water Manager: Peter Vaughan Quality Manager: Keith Edwards Wastewater Manager: David Palmer Group Support Manager: Anne Bradley 02 Albion Water-12/10/2013.indd 19 08/01/2014 09:21 Operational Facts 2012/13 Turnover £3m Number of employees (fte) 20 Area served Various Population – water 1,000 Population – wastewater 3,000 Water Services Water supplied per day (average) 18Ml Household connections 400 Non-household connections 2 Sewerage Services Wastewater treatment works 2 Household connections 1,100 Non-household connections 50 Albion Water Harpenden Hall Southdown Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 1TE Tel: 01582 767720 Email: info@albionwater.co.uk www.albionwater.co.uk Out of hours calls and customer help line Tel: 0845 604 2355 Albion was set up in the mid-1990s and was the first newly licensed water company since the privatisation of the water industry in 1989. It is committed to the delivery of services to customers, using techniques and processes which minimise the impact of our activities on the environment. Chairman Dr Jerry Bryan Non-Executive Director Malcolm Jeffery Managing Director David Knaggs Finance Director Paul Tate Management Team Company Secretary: Jamestown Investments Ltd Management Head of Customer Services: Angela Cutler Managing Director Albion ECO: Stephen Bradley Water Manager: Peter Vaughan Quality Manager: Keith Edwards Wastewater Manager: David Palmer Group Support Manager: Anne Bradley Northern Ir areas, not shown on map, are: Albion Water Independent Water Networks Peel Water Networks Scottish and Southern Energy Veolia Water Projects 186 COMPANY PROFILES TALIS UK ATPLAS and ERHARD Valves Ltd in the UK are all part of the 'TALIS' group of companies consisting of strong Brands such as Erhard, Belgicast, Bayard, Unijoint, Frischhut and Schmeiding. Combined, the new Talis group of companies offers a huge VARIETY of approved valves and fittings to control the waterflow from the reservoir to the home. Manufacturing Excellence Our manufacturing Centre of Excellence based in Bridgend, South Wales is ISO9001: 2000 accredited. Products are designed and manufactured to conform with Water Industry Standards and British Standards. We operate in a culture of lean manufacturing and Six Sigma principles to provide efficient and cost effective production to ensure our customers get the highest quality of product and service that is competitively priced. Service We service customers around the world from our 2 main distribution centres at Bridgend, South Wales and Hams Hall, Birmingham. Our customers include all the main water companies in the UK as well as water authorities, contractors, wholesalers TALIS UK Brackla Industrial Estate, Bridgend, South Wales CF312AX Telephone 01675 437 900 Fax 01675 437 909 Email enquiries@talis-group.com phurn@talis-group.com Web www.talis-uk.com Key contacts Derek Murr – UK Sales Manager Peter Hurn – Marketing Manager Key clients • United Utilities • Welsh Water • Thames Water • NI Water • Wessex Water • Wessex Water Services Ltd • South West Water • Southern Water • Anglian Water • Affinity Water • Northumbrian Water • South Staffordshire Water • Associated Pipeline Products Ltd • Scottish Water and distributors in the plumbing and construction industries globally. Environment Preserving the environment is an increasingly important element in our decision making at Atlantic Plastics. We strive to minimise packaging and are making significant steps to improve recycling and reduce waste throughout our operations. Over the past 3 years, we have consolidated from 7 sites to just 3, dramatically reducing our carbon footprint and streamlining processes. Excellence We continually challenge each other to improve our products, our processes and ourselves. We strive always to understand our customers' and suppliers' businesses and help them achieve their goals. We are dedicated to diversity, fair treatment, mutual respect and trust of our employees and customers. chapter 7.indd 186 08/01/2014 13:58 Where else will you nd • The names of chairman, directors and senior managers of each UK water company and authority? • Key operational facts and contact information for each UK water company and authority? • Details about UK government bodies and regulators, infl uential European and International organisations? • European Union water contacts including European trade associations? • Biographies for over 200 leading water people? • Profi les of leading companies supplying the industry? • Comprehensive A-Z list of supplier and easy-to-use Buyers Guide? Contact Judith on 07733 232418 or Michael on 01342 332053 and book your space now. Publication date January 2015 Cover price is £69 Book your place NOW in this essential year-round reference tool Only in Who's who in the water industry 2015 Celebrate the leaders who are making a difference Recognise the excellence, reward the innovators and celebrate the very best in business sustainability with the leading names in the private and public sectors Sponsored by: Organised by: AWARDS.EDIE.NET BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW In association with: SLA2014-table-standard-A4.indd 1 30/06/2014 17:15 is one of the most advanced water treatment works ever constructed." But that all concerns the completed project. Let's go back to the start, when the site was just a field.and the right solu- tion for tackling the water defi- cit issue was being sought. Kevin Fish, special projects liaison manager at Anglian Water says: "We looked at all the alternative options available to us in this area. That revolved around moving water from one area to another. Certainly in the north of the region we've got more water supply than in the south, but that's very difficult and very expensive. "We looked at developing new resources in the Lincoln area, abstracting from smaller aquifers, the use of existing reservoirs, water trading with other water companies in the area, but those proved fruitless, unfortunately." Fish says abstracting water from the River Trent proved the only viable option to supply a 20Ml deficit area, although it "was not particularly appealing when we first looked at it, to be frank". The Trent's water is not the best quality – it comes through the industrial Midlands, so con- tains "all sorts of discharges"; and the river is tidal at the treat- ment works' abstraction site which brought its own risks and challenges. The raw water quality of the Trent is poor, being full of pesti- cides and there are particular issues with metaldehyde, high bromate, dissolved oxygens, and nitrate. Also, the UV trans- missivity is very poor. "All that added together meant a whole raŽ of process treatment issues that we needed to address," says Fish. "On top of that, although the River Trent is a very wide and abundant source of water there is a 'hands off ' flow restriction for navigation purposes, so at set times of the year at low water levels we can't take water out and that brings a whole raŽ of issues too." And if that was not enough, there was a flood risk issue as well – the River Trent floods fre- quently on high tides. Anglian Water had to take that into con- sideration as well. "So lot's of issues, lots of challenges to overcome," says Fish. The next step was coming up with the design and location points for the intake, reservoir and treatment works. Anglian located the water abstraction point adjacent to the Trent. The site needed to be outside of the flood zone, and is on a high bank just outside the 1,000-year flood level. In order for water to be able to flow into the abstraction shaŽ, where there are three sub- mersible pumps, contractors "We're committed to playing our part in securing the region's future by making investments like this. Hall Water Treatment Works is a major part of our £327M investment in the county's water and water recycling infrastructure between 2010 and 2015." Peter Simpson, chief executive of Anglian Water Group

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