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28 WET NEWS DECEMBER 2014 FORESIGHT Write a caption Wessex Water and Bridgwater College have teamed up to provide a purpose-built educational facility that will give apprentices the skills required to work in the water industry. Twelve students at the college in Somerset will be the first to learn how to repair and maintain typical pipework used to supply water to people throughout the West.. Write a caption and email it to yoursayWN@fav-house.com by December 15, 2014. The best captions will be published in the January 2015 issue of WET News. • TOP 10 TWEETS: SEWAGE On average, there are 500 million tweets every day on Twitter. We've sifted through a few of them to see what the global Twittersphere has been tweeting about on the subject of sewage. Last month's best answers "Are you sure that wasn't the plug?" "Don't get me wrong, I'm all for innovation but I can see a few flaws with these fangled helicopter anchors!" Graham Murphy, Lloyd Morris "You idiot. When I said 'fetch the chopper' I meant the pump!" COMING UP WIAA 2015 www.wwtonline/awards • Entry deadline - December 12 • Shortlist announced - end of February • Award ceremony - April 21 The Water Industry Achievement Awards, organised by WET News and WWT will take place in April 2015 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole. The awards are the industry's leading awards ceremony, rewarding and celebrating innovation and best practice in the market today. Make sure you add the above important dates to your diary. Water Industry Innovation Conference Holiday Inn, Birmingham January 28, 2015 www.wwt-innovation.net The conference will debate the paradigm shift that non-house- hold retail competition has introduced to the water sector; examine how to address the totex challenge; and explore the role of the supply chain and investment community. Water NI Culloden Estate, Belfast February 26, 2015 www.wwt-ni.net Timed just after the next price control (PC15) and consultation on the Long Term Water Strategy, the event will bring together representatives from government, the environmental and economic regulators, utilities, NGOs, contractors and consumer bodies. Water Industry Asset Management Conference Holiday Inn, Birmingham March 3, 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. Ammonia in UK sewage could offset CO2e of ammonia-based UK imports via tech', but no incentive - imports not included in @DECC CO 2 e targets @mcchino64 Using New York's sewage to map the city's microbiome and eventually predict disease outbreaks @circleofblue We have identified around 560 private sewage pumping stations, now we need to find the rest @yorkshirewater Sliced man was found in a sewage work pipes sliced into pieces in Merebank. It is believed the man had been searching for gold and valuables @SAfrognews Rail union @RMTunion increase pressure on @transcotland to end sewage dumping on railway lines @deadlinenews #LosAngeles imports 8.9bn litres of #water/day to meet city's needs. Is highly treated municipal sewage the solution? @WatSanCollabCou Drunk guy fell into a sewage tank trying to rush home so his wife wouldn't be mad @barstoolsports In case you didnt see the story - Starlings feed on worms from sewage farms and sewage now contains prozac. And what else we wonder!? @BillOddie New twist: TeamAg at #lancasterfarmlandtrust meeting: nat gas #pipeline can be used for sewage, crude oil unless easement says otherwise @PhilLancFarming Cat rescued from Scottish Water sewage works tank @SW_BillElliott