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FORESIGHT Write a caption Swedish relining contractor Agekil sent staff to a Pipe Doctor no-dig patch repair training course recently at Source One Environmental's (S1E) training centre in Yorkshire, to position the company for further growth. Agekil attended the Pipe Doctor Lateral System Installation Course having completed the primary Pipe Doctor course, which covers the installation of patches within straight pipes and swept bends, a year before. Write a caption and email it to yoursayWN@fav-house.com by June 19, 2015. The best captions will be published in the July 2015 issue of WET News. • TOP TWEETS: WATER FACTS 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 on the subject of #waterfacts. Vanguard House . Keckwick Lane . Daresbury . Cheshire . WA4 4AB 01925 607152 . www.PerceptiveAPC.com/water WaterMV was developed to meet the challenges of TOTEX: reduce operating costs achieve or exceed quality targets improve the efficiency and resilience of existing assets Perceptive Engineering Ltd are very proud winners of this award. COMING UP #WaterFacts...Much more fresh water is stored under the ground in aquifers than on the earth's surface. @ONLWater A gallon of gasoline takes 13 gallons of water to produce. Take public transportation to reduce both your energy and water use. #waterfacts @Thirst4Water Bacon on that cheeseburger? A pound of bacon requires 800 gallons of water to produce. #WaterFacts @UsedtoUseful #Waterfacts Approx 90% of global power generation is water intensive (WWDR 2014) #NowaterNopower @siwi_water Grabbing a slice tonight? While #pizza is tasty, it also takes 1,260 liters of water to make a small pie. #WaterFacts @UsedtoUseful Did you know: Only 3% of Earth's water is fresh water. 97% of the water on Earth is salt water. #waterfacts #peoplewater #drop- fordrop @PeopleWater Did you know, the first known vending machine dates back to the 1st Century AD. It accepted a coin, then dispensed holy water! #WaterFacts @SaveTheWater Did you know? Today, #drinkingwater needs to meet over a hundred different standards for #waterquality. #WaterFacts @UsedtoUseful More than 25% of bottled water comes from a municipal water supply, the same place tap water comes from. #WaterFacts s @UsedtoUseful Last month's best answers Time Team Special... the unearthing of the world's largest set of bagpipes. Paul King, Haydn Evans Consulting "Believe me Bill, this is a seriously big gerbil and it's going to want more sawdust than that" Dan Green, Wessex Water Meter Asset Management June 22-23, 2015; London www.smi-online.co.uk The conference will look at issues surrounding the challenges in managing meter assets and planning for the roll-out and maintenance of smart meters. Topics include logistics and tracking; and data management. Water in Future Cities Showcase June 30, 2015; London www.thenexusnetwork.org This event policymakers, businesses and researchers to explore issues such as flood-proof cities, smart homes and city networks. Parallel workshops on Business of Water in Cities will include selecting innovative water services or products for national competition. Sustainable Water 2015, Integrated Water Resource Management Holiday Inn, Birmingham City Centre; September 16, 2015 www.wwt-environment.net The Integrated Water Resources Management Conference will examine the challenges of balancing economics and the environment. This one-day event will provide a timely opportunity to consider the implementation of the WFD. Sensing in Water 2015 September 23-24, 2015; Nottingham Belfry www.swig.org.uk The conference will explore using sensors and instrumen- tation to help deliver water company outcomes in AMP6 and over the next 25 years. Topics to be covered include communications, potable water treatment and distribu- tion, monitoring, and managing assets. 28 WET NEWS JUNE 2015

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