Water and Effluent Treatment Magazine
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28 WET NEWS JANUARY 2015 FORESIGHT Write a caption Former police bloodhound Hector is sniffing out sewage blockages for Southern Water. Hector's former police dog handler, owner Steve Williams, is one of Southern Water's "Fat Detectives", comprising three former policemen employed as Network Protection and Enforcement Officers who ensure commercial customers, such as restaurants and takeaways, understand the problems caused by FOG in the sewers. Write a caption and email it to yoursayWN@fav-house.com by January 19, 2015. The best captions will be published in the February 2015 issue of WET News. • TOP 10 TWEETS: DROUGHT 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 drought. Last month's best answers "We're still short of one man to look down the hole." John Purdy "When you said 'join the pipes' I thought it was a computer game!" "Hmmm, how do I get to the other side before they notice me?" Daniel Durrans www.quantumeng.co.uk Email: sales@quantumeng.co.uk Quantum House, Saxon Business Park, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, Worcs. B60 4AD Phone: +44 (0) 1527 577888 Fax: +44 (0) 1527 577007 QUANTUM ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENTS LTD ORIGINAL What can Quantum do for you today? www.quantumeng.co.uk Email: sales@quantumeng.co.uk • Surge suppression packages • Saturator vessels • Booster pump packages • Ozone packages • Instrument air packages • Vessel refurbishment and Spares • Patented Control System • Duplex relief valve sets • DAF compressor sets • Hydroburst packages Hydroburst packages COMING UP WIAA 2015 www.wwtonline/awards • Entry deadline - January 9 • 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. California would need approximately 75 inches of #rain by the end of this year to recover from the drought. @WaterSmart How many superstorms will it take to end California's drought? Hint: more than just one. @TheAtlantic Amid drought, water concerns in Austin, TX for proposed golf courses; city council votes Thurs. @circleofblue Once-in-1,200-year California drought bears signature of climate change. @climateprogress California is counting its drops, and the numbers aren't pretty. @OurWaterCounts Humus makes soil more resilient to floods & drought by improving soil structure & soil's ability to hold nutrients. @SoilAssociation #California #Drought update: 99.7% of #CA in moderate or worse drought; 55% in most severe category. @NOAA Toxic Fracking Waste Water Injected into Clean Water Aquifers in Drought-stricken California. @TheBeatNews "It's a pretty small drop." West coast storms may be big but not enough to quench drought. @cbsthismorning California's Groundwater Basins Hit Historic Lows Due to Increased Pumping from Drought, study finds. @thewaterletter