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"Dredging can create more problems than it solves" Jon Robinson, AECOM, p8-9 Call 01664 567226 for more information www.dualpumps.co.uk ...more than just pumps pumps WET NEWS WATER AND EFFLUENT TREATMENT NEWS Results of questionnaire to give better understanding of transition process "a rain check across the whole of the industry now and call it a day". The group was established following the Treasury / Ofwat report S moothing Investment Cycles in the Water Sector, pub- lished in July 2012 with the aim of ƒ nding a solution to the nega- tive impact of the ƒ ve-yearly cycles in the water industry's supply chain. Its ƒ rst job was to analyse that report and speciƒ - cally the recommendations that were put forward. He said recommendations from the group's observations now need to be put in the cen- tral arena. These observations, said Coackley, are not just about ƒ nances. "It's other attributes that have been e‡ ective over the past year that has led to what we've seen." Coackley said the transition T he Cyclicality Working Group, created to try and smooth transition between AMP cycles, looks set to 'call it a day'. Speaking exclusively to WET News, Richard Coackley, chair of the working group, said: "I don't want the cyclicality group carrying on as you go through an AMP period. I want to look back on that transition at the end of the year and say this is what we were set up to do, this is what we've managed to do and these are the observations we've had while going doing that journey. "It won't be there for people to say 'would you do this, would you do that?'." Coackley said he needed to sit down with British Water and Water UK and others in the Cyclicality Working Group to get Cyclicality Working Group to o er recommendations as it looks to 'call it a day' Water 'Oscars' tickets on sale APRIL 2016 Volume 22 • Issue 4 Funding to keep supply chain data safe T ickets are on sale for the Water Industry Achievement Awards 2016, which will take place on May 17, 2016 at a glittering extravaganza held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, NEC, Birmingham. Then event will be a double celebration. Not only will it honour the winners of this year's awards it will also mark the event's tenth anniversary. The awards, organised by sister journals WET News and Water & Wastewater Treatment, reward innovation and best practice in the industry. They are sponsored by Ofwat, Asset International, TES, NM Group, CPSA, Saint-Gobain PAM, Selwood, and Teekay. Tickets are available for the awards ceremony and gala dinner, the major highlight in the water industry's calendar. Join in the celebrations and book a table now! Find out more by contacting Danielle Mason at daniellemason@fav- house.com or visit www. wwtonline.co.uk/awards. from AMP6 to AMP7 has the potential to be smooth. "If the industry can get its mind round what it's doing right just now I actually saw that next transition being quite di‡ erent anyway because it's got totally di‡ erent levers on it." The group is currently await- ing the results of a question- naire that was issued to get a better understanding of the AMP5/6 transition process. Coackley said the question- naire is an important aspect of being able to say these are the lessons learned. It will also provide a state of the nation situation on cyclical- ity, and "where we think we've been able to do something but where other things have cropped up to make sure it doesn't happen again in another AMP cycle change", he said. C ostain has won £120,000 funding from Innovate UK, the government's innovation agency, to help develop so¦ ware that can keep construction supply chain data secure. It will work with analytics solutions provider Concentra and cyber security experts at the University of Warwick on the project, which has a total funding of £750,000. The project will create so¦ ware to securely analyse construction material, equip- ment and labour supply chains to provide greater visibility and identify areas for improvement in material § ows, demand and supply of resources. The aim is to help the construction industry meet the government's target of reducing costs by £45bn by 2025. Andy Birtwistle, supply chain director at Concentra, said there are fundamental weaknesses in some supply chains, which can be fragmented, transactional and driven by procurement tendering that reduces prices but not necessarily costs. NEED TO KNOW The Cyclicality Working Group was tasked to eliminate the negative aspect of the ‚ ve-yearly regulatory cycles The group's key members comprise a cross-section covering the water companies, contractors and supply chain, the regulators and trade bodies Ofwat approved a transition investment of £440M that water companies could bring forward into the ‚ nal year of AMP5 The 'boom and bust' aspect of the ‚ ve-yearly cycles has impacted jobs in the sector News+ The ‚ rst year of AMP6 is complete but has the regulatory cycle lived up to expectations of renewed vigour? P7 Onsite: A refurbishment programme at Wessex Water's Portbury treatment works required strict guidelines to be met. Was a packaged plant solution the answer? P12-13 Insight: Leakage levels may have fallen, but pressure fluctuations can create more bursts and aggravate existing leaks further. P18-19 "…we need to get the water industry at that level" Richard Coackley, Cyclicality Working Group, p7

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