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FORESIGHT Write a caption PMP's rescue teams have been working closely with the local Mountain Rescue facility to identify best practice and equipment needs. Regular drills and refreshing of skills is a critical element of the training PMP provides, and it occasionally performs simulated rescue scenarios in "live" assets. A recent simulation involved a 140m offline traverse from the point of entry in a 54" pipe with problematic egress. Write a caption and email it to yoursayWN@fav-house.com by July 17, 2015. The best captions will be published in the August 2015 issue of WET News. • TOP 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 on the subject of #sewage. Protecta-Line is an award winning, fully integrated barrier pipe and fittings system. Its tough multi-layer construction ensures that any contaminants remaining in brownfield sites and former industrial land cannot permeate into the water supply. Award-winning innovation with the Protecta-Line range... Protecta-Line system is Kitemarked to WIS 4-32-19 Proven barrier against all recognised brownfield contaminants Suitable for corrosive conditions – avoid the cost of expensive soil sampling Long-term security of supply All the installation benefits of polyethylene Reduced leakage Excellent lifetime cost savings Continually innovating Find out more at: www.gpsuk.com/protecta-line NOW AVAILABLE larger diameter 630mm GPS Protecta-Line Innovation 185x265 L.indd 1 23/6/15 15:27:06 COMINg UP Cocaine in sewage: London tops league table… #waterquality! #sewage @hydrophilc Go on holiday and spend the night in a sewer pipe in Austria and Germany #water #environment #sewage @ProjectClearSTL The stats are in! Last month we collected nearly 6.8 million gallons of sewage from our off-mains customers. #Sewage @EmptyMyTank Polluted waters could force Rio de Janeiro to move 2016 Olympic races #sewage #garbage #climate #environment #shame @CareerFed #CSG LOVE #sewage @csgwaste #Sewage leaks in house are very common problems. You may be living in a pool of gunk and not even know it @Servpro9353 Beer to be made from #sewer water dubbed '#sewage brewage' @PipeSeals The EPA estimates 3.5 Million Americans will become sick from swimming in #sewage this year @AsianforWater Why are scientists taking swabs from surfers' bottoms? #Science #Health #Oceans #Sewage @tnfld Turning #sewage into drinking #water gains appeal as #drought lingers @Crowdifornia Last month's best answers "I said DON'T cut the blue line!" Paul King, Haydn Evans Consulting "The young apprentice falls deep into concentration as he is about to perform his first endoscopic procedure." Anon "Which end's got the teeth?" Lee Dunning, Biochemica UK Sustainable Water Integrated Water Resource Management Holiday Inn, Birmingham City Centre September 16, 2015 www.wwt-environment.net The Integrated Water Resources Management Conference will provide a timely opportunity to consider the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. Water Industry Energy & Carbon Management Holiday Inn, Birmingham City Centre September 17, 2015 www.wwt-energy.net Maximising energy efficiency and recovery opportunities in AMP6, and investment in efficient infrastructure to deliver cost-effective and sustainable projects will be among the major challenges addressed at the conference. 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. Water Scotland Crowne Plaza, Glasgow October 7, 2015 www.wwt-scotland.net The conference and exhibition will look at the results of the SR15 process and how its delivery is developing for the next six years. 28 WET NEWS JULY 2015

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