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24 WET NEWS FEBRUARY 2015 FORESIGHT Write a caption United Utilities (UU) engineers plunged to new depths recently to inspect some of the company's more difficult-to-reach assets in the Lake District. A five-strong team of divers spent four days inspecting and performing minor repairs on some of the submerged pipes and chambers that lie 20m below the surface of Lake Windermere, which provides a source of water. Write a caption and email it to yoursayWN@ fav-house.com by February 19, 2015. The best captions will be published in the March 2015 issue of WET News. • TOP TWEETS: WATER FACTS On average, there are 500 million tweets every day on Twitter. What Twittersphere has been tweeting about on water-related facts. COMING UP The tweeting river: a new open data solution sends out tweets about #water levels, flows, & more for 2,400 UK rivers. @Veolia_NA There's as much as $2.6 million worth of gold in the sewage produced every year by a million-person city. @NewsfromScience An average swimming pool loses 1,000 gallons (3,785 L) a month to evaporation and other causes. #WaterFacts Much more fresh water is stored under the ground in aquifers than on the earth's surface. @seewater It would take the full contents of Nevada's Lake Mead to wipe out the California water deficit. @SimpleWaterUSA Over the next 20 years, upgrading the nation's [US] water and #wastewater systems is expected to cost between $3 and $5 trillion. @UsedtoUseful Do you know that the most expensive bottle of #water in the world costs $60,000! Do you know that 63% of #water consumption at home happens in bathroom and toilets? @WaterClicks 1.2 billion people live in areas with absolute water scarcity. It could increase to 1.8 billion by 2025! @baliparaawards "Something, something, something... Biscuit!" Paul King, Haydn Evans Consulting "Mmmmm... Sausages!" Mike Pemberton, Haydn Evans Consulting "Steve, I think we've got a two star Michelin in this one?" Gerry Lavery, WDR & RT Taggart WIAA 2015 www.wwtonline/awards April 21, 2015 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 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. Utility Week Live incorporating IWEX NEC, Birmingham April 21-23, 2015 www.utilityweeklive.co.uk Utility Week Live incorporating IWEX is the UK's first and only exhibition dedicated to the business, operational and technical needs of the UK's water, electricity and gas utilities. The event provides an important information exchange and marketplace for the UK's multibillion-pound utilities industry.