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EDITORIAL BOARD
Ian Kirkaldy Southern Water
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Nigel Paterson Veolia Water
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Helen Samuels United Utilities
George Taylor Isle Utilities
Paul Gibbs Anglian Water
Tony Koodie Black & Veatch
Duncan Lewis Xylem Water Solutions
Austin Penn Sulzer Pumps Wastewater
Frank Rogalla Aqualia
Mark Smith WRc
Prof Tom Stephenson
Cranfield University
Dan Green Wessex Water
Steve Webber Murphy Group
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11 FRONT LINE
Phil Jones, Network Manager, Dee
Valley Water
15 PROJECT FOCUS
Rethinking asset performance
data at NI Water
19 PROJECT FOCUS
Surface water pump replacement
04 News
Ofwat sets out retail
competition scenarios
08 Comment
Floods highlight need for
stormwater management
12 Industry Leader
Jerry Grant, Head of Asset
Management, Irish Water
23 Research
Roundup
26 Event Preview
Utility Week Live,
Birmingham, May 17-18
28 Drilling and
Tapping
All you need to know about
this year's competition
30 Innovation Zone
Resmix Vital
33 Getting to Grips
Surge control
36 Technically
Speaking
Acidic waste neutralisation
39 Products
Focus on... Pumps
40 Recruitment &
Classifi ed
PIPING UP
"Fitting the correct volume of
surge vessel can dramatically
improve the way the pipeline is
managed over its working life."
Tim Harper, QED (p33)
Jerry Grant,
Irish Water (p12)
"We recognise
that the support
for the utility
was not there in
the beginning,
but the change
in public
perception
will come
about through
delivery."
