Water and Effluent Treatment Magazine
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24 WET NEWS JUNE 2018 | wwtonline.co.uk COMING SOON • Write a caption Severn Trent's 'Siege Breaker' tunnelling machine broke through in May after a nine-month journey under the streets of Newark to create a 3-kilometre tunnel. Write a caption and email it to yoursayWN@fav-house.com by 15 June 2018. The best captions will be published in the July 2018 issue of WET News. FORESIGHT WWT Water Industry Energy Conference Birmingham Conference and Events Centre 12 June, 2018 event.wwtonline.co.uk/energy Now in its fifth year, this conference explores how the regulatory agenda is affecting energy efficiency plans and how best to capitalise on emerging trends and technologies. WWT Sustainable Water Conference Birmingham Conference and Events Centre 18 September, 2018 event.wwtonline.co.uk/sustainable It is a crucial time for sustainability in water, and this conference will assess how we can progress with the government's plans, where the industry is staking its claims and how to make 2019 a year of action for the environment. WWT Water Scotland Conference DoubleTree Hilton Glasgow 5 October, 2018 event.wwtonline.co.uk/Scotland With SR21 approaching and environmental and social pressures increasing, join us to hear about how the Scottish water sector plans to build resilience and drive innovation. Utility Week Congress Birmingham Conference and Events Centre 9-10 October, 2018 The premier event for water, gas and electricity sector leaders, the Utility Week Congress offers strategic insight at the highest level, with over 180 representatives including policymakers, regulators, utilities, investors and the supply chain. TOP TWEETS: #WORLDWATERDAY On average, there are 500 million tweets every day on Twitter. After the government announced that it wants to eliminate fatberg-friendly wet wipes within 25 years, we look at what people were saying about #wetwipes Could the war on plastic be about to claim its next victim? #Wetwipes are responsible for thousands of serious sewer blockages every year but they could be wiped-out altogether under Government proposals @WaterWatchdog Wow. This will be brilliant if it happens! #WetWipes are a total menace. I teach kids about them & fatbergs & the problems they cause. A total ban would be fab but will trigger a backlash I bet!! @DrPaulaOwen 25 YEARS - Action in "25 years"?! #plasticwaste #plasticpollution - we need it now on our poor choked planet. This is Michael Gove, the man who talks big on the environment. @natalieben A ban on wipes? That's not what I'm hearing from inside the government. But there are things we can all do to help reduce sewer blockages. @RaeWaterUK Water companies spend around £100 million every year clearing giant #fatbergs in our sewers caused by cooking fats and oils congealing with unflushable products such as #wetwipes @WaterUK Only pee, paper and poo should go down the loo - love this rhyme! Dispose of #wetwipes responsibly. Ever wondered what's down on the foreshore below #HammersmithBridge? Last month there were 5453 #wetwipes according to @Thames21 @ReporterJane Last month's best answers "You're going to need a bigger sewer!" gillian@drilcorp.com "Blofeld aims to hit Bond where it hurts with the new recession-proof piranha tank" Peter.Youll@haltd.co.uk "You should have seen the one that got away" Adrian.Collier@spaans.co.uk www.balmoraltanks.com Balmoral Tanks Providing turnkey services to the water, wastewater and processing sectors, Balmoral Tanks offers what is potentially the widest range of accredited tanks from a single supplier in the world. When this is supported by unrivalled engineering design experience and industry-leading customer service, installation, maintenance and repair services, why consider going anywhere else? ¢ Cylindrical steel sectional tanks ¢ digestore® concrete tanks ¢ efusion® epoxy coated steel tanks ¢ Hot press GRP sectional tanks ¢ Hot press steel sectional tanks Global water, wastewater and processing storage solutions Not just another tank company +44 (0)1226 340370 industrialtanks@balmoral.co.uk ¢ Roof structures ¢ Tank towers ¢ Installation and technical services ¢ Full pipework service 11-12 July 2018 Stand D309