Water & Wastewater Treatment

www.wwtonline.co.uk | WWT | DECEMBER 2014 | 3 11 INDUSTRY LEADER Alan Munro, Thames Water Commercial Services 15 PROJECT FOCUS Transfer main reduces borehole abstraction at Speen WTW 19 PROJECT FOCUS Thermal hydrolysis provides Esholt with sludge solution 04 News Anglian Water names fi nal AMP6 framework partners; one in fi ve UK bathing waters fail stricter EU standard 22 Digging deeper How can the water industry harness the power of 'Big Data' and predictive analytics? Ajay Nair of MWH explores the possibilities 25 Getting to grips Pipe bedding: a guide to choosing the right class of material for a pipeline 29 Digging deeper Urban Planning and African Water: Yorkshire Water and WaterAid share expertise in Ethiopia 33 Skilling up Calm networks training can prevent surge damage and unnecessary leakage in networks 36 Nuts and Bolts Keep abreast of the latest product launches and developments in our products section Contents December Roman Boryslawskyj, Supply UK (P33) "Surge caused by human error is a major cause of leaks and bursts… this level of failure is no longer acceptable." Richard Flint, Yorkshire Water (P29) "We recently added global safe water to our core business priorities and by providing fundraising, campaigning and capacity building support to WaterAid, we believe we can help to deliver real change." Editor James Brockett 01342 332024 JamesBrockett@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 Danielle Mason 01342 332047 danielle.mason@fav-house.com Production Editor Mike Smith Production Controller Sharon Miller Publisher Angela Himus 01342 332060 angela.himus@fav-house.com EDITORIAL BOARD Ian Kirkaldy Southern Water Simon Barnes Yorkshire Water Nigel Paterson Veolia Water Stuart Foster 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.© 2014 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 "You wouldn't throw money down a drain, so why use large amounts of imported granular bedding when you don't have to? It sounds crazy, yet that is precisely what many contractors are doing." Stuart Crisp, Concrete Pipelines System Association (P25)

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