Water and Effluent Treatment Magazine
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Name of the project/ initiative/technology Name Result Enabling a competitive water market MOSL and CGI Winner NWG Innovation Festival Northumbrian Water Group Highly Commended The Northampton Pilot - Systems Thinking Anglian Water Kier Clancy Docwra Alliance Finalist Woolmans Wood mains replacement scheme Southern Water and Clancy Docwra Finalist Business Intelligence Strategic Partnership South West Water and Hitachi Consulting Finalist Name of the project Name Result Greener Grangetown Water Sensitive Urban Design Cardiff Council, Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, NRW, Arup, ERH Communications and Civil Engineering Ltd Winner Hook & Johnston Wastewater Treatment Works - Growth Projects Welsh Water Capital Delivery Alliance Finalist The Elan Valley Aqueduct (EVA) Rehabilitation Project Severn Trent Water & BNM Alliance Finalist Ambergate Reservoir Renewal One Severn Trent (Severn Trent Water, Laing O'Rourke & NMCNomenca) Finalist Shieldhall Strategic Tunnel Glasgow Tunnel Partnership - Costain Vinci Joint Venture / AECOM Finalist Alliance & Partnership Initiative of the Year Engineering Project of the Year 8 Alliance & Partnership Initiative of the Year WINNER Greener Grangetown – Cardiff The Greener Grangetown Water Sensitive Urban Design project was a retrofit sustainable drainage scheme located in a dense urban area near Cardiff city centre. It used green infrastructure to future proof the drainage network, removing 4.4 hectares of impermeable area from the combined sewer whilst delivering improved ecology and biodiversity. The scheme comprised twelve residential streets, intercepting surface water runoff from roofs and highways and conveying it into a total of 108 individual rain gardens, which cleanse the water before discharging it into the River Taff. WINNER MOSL and CGI MOSL and CGI were rewarded for the project to design, build and deploy the IT system that enabled the creation of England's new non-household retail water market. This central system – known as CMOS - was required to give 1.2 million businesses the opportunity to switch water supplier for the first time; it needed to be complete in time for the opening of the shadow market in October 2016, and then run seamlessly when the market opened for real in April 2017. Holding data on 2.7 million water supply points and enabling 1,000 and 2,000 switches per week, the system's creation and implementation was a truly collaborative effort which required input from all the water companies and many more stakeholders, with MOSL and CGI at the centre. Engineering Project of the Year What the judges said: "The retail market opening was the biggest game in town and had to succeed. It was a complex and large scale challenge but the multiple partners involved in this project – from both the public and private sectors – really stepped up." What the judges said: "This project is a breath of fresh air – it's achieving outstanding results in an area where others are struggling to deliver. It's an industry-leading initiative which is great for the community and the environment. We think it's marvellous."