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10 ROUND TABLE
Shining a light on the water
industry procurement puzzle
13 FRONT LINE
Kevin Warner, Metering
Manager, South East Water
21 RESEARCH NOTES
Flourescence and its use for rapid
and low cost water quality testing
04 News
Government failing to
provide fl ood resilience,
warn MPs
08 Comment
Engineering skills vital to
meeting sustainability
challenges
14 Industry Leader
Tony Smith, Chief Executive,
Consumer Council for Water,
on household competition
17 Research
Roundup
Autonomous robot could
detect sewer blockages
18 Innovation Zone
We look at Waterblade, a
water-saving device for taps
25 Products
Communications and Control
29 The Pipe File
WWT's handy guide to pipe
suppliers and expertise
32 Recruitment &
Classifi ed
PIPING UP
"In-situ real time measurement
is highly desirable, as it would
enable rapid assurance of
water quality,"
Professor John Bridgeman, University of
Birmingham (P23)
Tony Smith,
Chief Executive,
CCWater (p14)
Customers are
pretty satisfi ed
on service… the
majority are just
saying 'what will
this do to my
bill?'