Archive
Case studies archive
Welcome to the case studies archive. Here you will find all of the case studies we have featured in the past, searchable by either category or by date order.
If you wish to submit a case study email your release to editor@wateractive.co.uk
Browse articles by: category or date.
Access covers/housings
- 28-Jul-2008: South East Water chooses Technocover doors for fastrack programme of security upgrades.
- 7-Jul-2008: Fast and efficient cover installation.
- 11-Jun-2008: PUT A LID ON IT.
- 8-May-2007: Product Performance Helps Bilco Land New Floor Door Contract.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 8-Aug-2006: Folkestone Junction Pumping Station.
- 26-May-2006: Purchasing a tank? - be aware of the pitfalls.
- 19-May-2006: AMi have got it covered.
Aeration technology
Automation
- 4-Jan-2008: Good things come in small packages.
- 31-Oct-2007: Wessex Water extends and expands maintenance contract.
Bunding
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 26-May-2006: Purchasing a tank? - be aware of the pitfalls.
- 9-May-2006: Concerns expressed on the bulk storage of sodium hypochlorite.
- 26-Apr-2006: Forbes increase production of their new generation of low cost large thermoplastic tanks.
CCTV/video surveys
CSOs
- 7-Nov-2007: HYDRO’S NEW STORMBLOC®INSPECTION ACCESS CHAMBER REDUCES INSTALLATION COSTS AT LARGS.
- 5-Nov-2007: HYDRO WINS MAJOR €2M CSO CONTRACT IN BELGIUM.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 13-Mar-2006: Innovative Design Application at Towngate Roundabout, Yorkshire gets top Industry Accolade.
Civil engineering
- 26-Oct-2007: Lean on me.
- 19-Jan-2007: Bridge over troubled bridge is ‘egg-cellent’.
- 15-Jan-2007: Simocode creates a splash at Welsh Water.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 5-Jul-2006: Flow regulating valve promises one ‘L’ of a saving.
- 30-Mar-2006: Sewage works go Dutch for new pumps.
- 9-Feb-2006: Formpave Aquaflow Supplied to Bristol City.
Comms
- 13-Nov-2006: Mobile video streaming allows CCTV surveys to be viewed remotely.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 7-Jul-2006: Plant protection using remote technology.
Consultants
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 30-Mar-2006: Sewage works go Dutch for new pumps.
Contractors
- 16-Jan-2008: Panton Mcleod enjoys first taste of US success.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
Controls/instrumentation
- 4-Jul-2008: Modern sewerage management system for the city of Vienna.
- 4-Jun-2008: Getting to grips with monitoring Mixed Liquor Suspended Solids.
- 4-Jun-2008: Gibraltar’s Slop Oil make move for Aquamatic's MCERTS-approved Wastewater Samplers.
- 21-May-2008: Pressure Control Cuts Flow In Half For Athens.
- 3-Mar-2008: ABB service teams respond to customers faster thanks to digital forms.
- 6-Sep-2007: Screwdriver or Laptop? A day in the life of an instrument service engineer.
- 4-Jul-2007: ABB delivers main component for world’s first satellite built to measure greenhouse gases.
- 30-Mar-2007: Centre for Alternative Technology Educates With Palintest.
- 15-Jan-2007: Intelligent savings at Southern Water's Steyning WwTW by installing the first MCC and Real-Time control.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 1-Aug-2006: MCERTS and the chocolate factory!.
- 7-Jul-2006: Plant protection using remote technology.
Corrosion control
- 7-Jun-2007: Prevent stoppages with condensation control from Munters.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
Dewatering
Dosing systems
- 30-Jul-2008: Control your chlorine costs.
- 26-Sep-2007: Disinfection in the SaSch spa in Bruchsal.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
Drainage
Drives & controls
Effluent treatment
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 9-Jun-2006: GPC Associates helps vegetable plant savings grow.
Environmental
- 1-Oct-2007: Recovinyl grows PVC recycling.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
Filtration
- 2-Apr-2008: Making a greener cup of tea.
- 18-Mar-2008: Cross filter assists recycling at Wessex Water STW.
- 12-Mar-2008: KEE announce first ever advanced wastewater treatment plant with built-in tertiary filter and UV disinfection system.
- 3-Oct-2006: ALLDOS on top form for major Russian project.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
Flood Defence
Flood defence
- 1-Aug-2008: Braid Burn Flood Prevention Scheme.
- 9-Jul-2008: £4m Plus Flood Alleviation Scheme Features a Bespoke Solution.
- 23-Jan-2008: Hidrostal Betsy is hard at work helping with flood defences.
Flow measurement
- 30-May-2008: KROHNE's precise flowmeters improve the efficiency of power plants.
- 16-May-2008: Scottish Water uses Micronics Clamp-on Portable Flow Meters for Flow and Load surveys in Treatment Works.
- 12-Nov-2007: Clamp-On Ultrasonic water flow measurement provides cost-effective, minimal disruption, installation and maintenance solution for Combined Heat & Power Station.
- 6-Sep-2007: Flowline ultrasonics enhance river monitoring project.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 1-Aug-2006: MCERTS and the chocolate factory!.
- 5-Jul-2006: Flow regulating valve promises one ‘L’ of a saving.
Groundwater/leachate
IT/software
- 21-Jul-2008: United Utilities drive productivity and safety with Masternaut satellite tracking.
- 4-Jul-2008: Modern sewerage management system for the city of Vienna.
- 27-Mar-2008: UU rolls out real-time leak reporting across North-west.
- 14-Jan-2008: Advanced technology offers complete solution for pollution prevention.
- 10-Oct-2007: FloodFlow introduces graphical flood flow path modelling for WinDes®.
- 2-Oct-2007: Wallingford Software launches InfoWorks SD and InfoWorks 2D.
- 24-Jul-2007: Town of Carypicks InfoWorks WS to model its growing water network.
- 2-Jul-2007: Region of Peel picks InfoWorks CS to tackle infiltration and inflow.
- 20-Apr-2007: Designing For Climate Change - Micro Drainage software automates new planning compliance for civil engineers.
- 7-Feb-2007: Ghent opts for InfoNet to manage its water and wastewater network surveys.
- 22-Aug-2006: Using InfoWorks for very large models in Utrecht.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 1-Aug-2006: MCERTS and the chocolate factory!.
- 7-Jul-2006: Plant protection using remote technology.
Industrial water treatment
- 15-Jan-2007: ELGA Process Water assists Shoreham Power Station.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
Leakage
- 18-Jul-2008: Chinese Capital’s Water Network Protected By Permalogs.
- 27-Mar-2008: UU rolls out real-time leak reporting across North-west.
- 10-Sep-2007: Water Companies could benefit from C.Scope's significant BT tender win.
- 23-Mar-2007: Seba KMT UK say listen first, dig later.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
Level measurement
Metering
- 21-Apr-2008: Sensus revolutionises meter reading at home.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
Mixing technology
- 4-Jun-2008: Alternative fuel boom as Chemineer’s agitators succeed at world’s largest bioethanol plant.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 14-Jun-2006: Flash mixing and flocculation - Meeting today's challenges.
Monitoring/analysis
- 11-Apr-2008: Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces LIMS Installation at Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
- 1-Feb-2008: Boscastle River Monitored.
- 28-Jan-2008: Testing times.
- 6-Sep-2007: Flowline ultrasonics enhance river monitoring project.
- 22-Jun-2007: Monitoring oil contamination in fishing lakes.
- 20-Apr-2007: Intake Protection System is Simply Better.
- 26-Mar-2007: Wireless technology gives real time water monitoring.
- 24-Jan-2007: Wessex Water Awards COD Contract to HACH LANGE.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 7-Jul-2006: Plant protection using remote technology.
Odour control
Pipe couplings/fittings
- 30-Jan-2008: VJ pipe couplings for Russian WTW modernisation.
- 7-Jan-2008: Durapipe has the X Factor for National semiconductor.
- 2-Jan-2008: BSS kicks off regeneration at the new look Highbury Stadium.
- 19-Nov-2007: Pipe coupling makes Portuguese re-lined main leak proof.
- 4-Oct-2006: End-load Resistant Material Transitions in Pipe Systems.
- 29-Sep-2006: Viking Johnson scores at Ajax.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 26-Apr-2006: Flex-Seal Continue Expansion Plans.
Pipes/pipelines
- 14-Jul-2008: Salt of the earth.
- 9-Jul-2008: £4m Plus Flood Alleviation Scheme Features a Bespoke Solution.
- 6-Jun-2008: TRADITIONAL TUNNELLING SAVES NEW HOTEL.
- 7-May-2008: Plastic Solution is Number One Choice for £15 Million Project in Yorkshire.
- 4-Mar-2008: Wessex finds the answer in EPS.
- 26-Feb-2008: Sealing lateral connections on lined sewers.
- 19-Feb-2008: Durapipe sails into China.
- 4-Feb-2008: Saint-Gobain Pipelines’ natural solution provides added protection for new trunk main.
- 30-Jan-2008: VJ pipe couplings for Russian WTW modernisation.
- 7-Jan-2008: Durapipe has the X Factor for National semiconductor.
- 1-Oct-2007: Recovinyl grows PVC recycling.
- 10-Sep-2007: Water Companies could benefit from C.Scope's significant BT tender win.
- 23-Apr-2007: Branch saddle retrofit service from Uponor brings time & cost savings.
- 20-Mar-2007: FT Pipeline Systems Dartford Park Scheme.
- 4-Oct-2006: End-load Resistant Material Transitions in Pipe Systems.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 26-Apr-2006: Flex-Seal Continue Expansion Plans.
Pollution control
Pumps
- 4-Aug-2008: Chopper pumps improve screening transfer process.
- 30-Jul-2008: Control your chlorine costs.
- 11-Jul-2008: Prime performance from Börger’s Pumps with Birse Water.
- 20-Jun-2008: Reduced carbon footprint from UU’s first containerised dosing system.
- 16-Jun-2008: SYKES’ SWEEPEX PROVIDES SLUDGE SOLUTION.
- 4-Jun-2008: Ultra-reliable Landia pump keeps Kerry Ingredients in the lead.
- 4-Jun-2008: Börger’s Pumps help Flint Group make newspaper headlines.
- 28-May-2008: Flygt pumps improve pumping reliability for Brintons Carpets.
- 14-May-2008: Flygt pumps reduce maintenance costs and time at Northumbrian Water’s Lustrum Pumping Station.
- 12-May-2008: Flygt Jet-Mixing System lowers lifecycle costs at Creigiau Sewage Treatment Works.
- 28-Apr-2008: Regeneration makes a splash in Castleford.
- 16-Apr-2008: Chopper pumps help Anglian Water clear blockages.
- 4-Apr-2008: Wessex Water selects dry well pumps.
- 28-Feb-2008: Sewage upgrade contract.
- 18-Feb-2008: From the kitchen and garden, Greenfinch and Landia bring about Biogas success.
- 22-Jan-2008: Landia’s Long Shaft Slurry Pumps help Linton Solutions’ continued success on volcanic Korean island.
- 5-Dec-2007: 'Chopper Pumps' help Southern Water to cut costs.
- 29-Oct-2007: Hidrostal Pumps successfully refloat MSCNapoli.
- 30-Mar-2007: Vogelsang and Thames Water celebrate pumps 18th birthday at Crawley.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 30-Mar-2006: Sewage works go Dutch for new pumps.
Rainwater harvesting
- 30-Jun-2008: Rainwater harvesting reaches new peak!.
- 18-Jun-2008: Rainwater Harvesting at River Cottage.
- 25-Apr-2008: Stormsaver and Fullflow deliver for G park.
- 23-Apr-2008: Ford backs local company.
- 7-Apr-2008: Rainwater put to good use at University of Huddersfield.
SUDS
- 13-Jun-2008: STORMSAVER GOES BACK TO SCHOOL.
- 25-Apr-2008: Stormsaver and Fullflow deliver for G park.
- 9-Apr-2008: Stormcell controls surface water run-off at Parc Bryn Cegin.
- 6-Mar-2008: Sportcrete innovates in New Mexico.
- 2-Feb-2007: Unique Hybrid Application Is The Solution For Residential Development.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
Safety/security
- 28-Jul-2008: South East Water chooses Technocover doors for fastrack programme of security upgrades.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 10-Feb-2006: Defence Sector - Removing the short cuts for better security fencing.
Screening
Sludge treatment
- 23-Jul-2008: Rocol service helps keep SMW’s renewable fuel on stream.
- 16-Jul-2008: Waste not, want not.
- 25-Jun-2008: Westfalia Separator Go Head to Head on Sludge Dewatering.
- 16-Jun-2008: SYKES’ SWEEPEX PROVIDES SLUDGE SOLUTION.
- 13-Mar-2008: Brammer gearing-up at Thames Water.
- 21-Feb-2008: £1.7m UU tank contract.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 23-May-2006: Esher Sewage Treatment Works.
- 8-Feb-2006: Torbay invests to help clean up English Riviera.
Tanks/vessels
- 20-Jun-2008: Reduced carbon footprint from UU’s first containerised dosing system.
- 11-Jun-2008: PUT A LID ON IT.
- 21-Feb-2008: £1.7m UU tank contract.
- 16-Jan-2008: Panton Mcleod enjoys first taste of US success.
- 14-Nov-2007: Sika Keeps Lid on Hertford Water Tower.
- 24-Oct-2006: Forbes ships to Kazakhstan.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 28-Jul-2006: Tank maintenance advice from Graphite UK.
- 26-May-2006: Purchasing a tank? - be aware of the pitfalls.
- 9-May-2006: Concerns expressed on the bulk storage of sodium hypochlorite.
- 26-Apr-2006: Forbes increase production of their new generation of low cost large thermoplastic tanks.
- 3-Feb-2006: Polypipe Civils Provides The Solutions For Sewers.
Telemetry
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 7-Jul-2006: Plant protection using remote technology.
Trenchless technology
- 6-Jun-2008: TRADITIONAL TUNNELLING SAVES NEW HOTEL.
- 26-Feb-2008: Sealing lateral connections on lined sewers.
- 9-Jan-2008: Grundoburst 1250 G in Warsaw, Poland.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
UV disinfection
- 12-Mar-2008: KEE announce first ever advanced wastewater treatment plant with built-in tertiary filter and UV disinfection system.
- 9-Aug-2007: Advanced UV Water Treatment.
- 2-Jan-2007: New UV Disinfection system for industrial process water.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
Valves/actuators
- 25-Jul-2008: Keeping the magnets cool.
- 9-Jun-2008: Australia’s ‘droughtbuster’ scheme chooses Rotork.
- 2-Jun-2008: Chinese Oil Refinery Protected by Netherlocks.
- 18-Apr-2008: Rotork completes major valve actuation upgrade at one of Severn Trent’s water treatment works.
- 21-Jan-2008: Flooding proves the watertight case for Rotork actuators.
- 18-Jan-2008: Rotork actuated discharge valves are Blackhall’s largest to-date.
- 21-Dec-2007: Esholt WwTW upgraded with AUMA fieldbus actuators.
- 16-Nov-2007: Essential valve operation ensured by SIPOS solution.
- 9-Nov-2007: KSB supplies new hospital facility.
- 24-Oct-2007: AUMA actuators selected for prestigious Southern Water schemes.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 5-Jul-2006: Flow regulating valve promises one ‘L’ of a saving.
Wastewater/sewage treatment
- 27-Jun-2008: Siemens Solution Reduces Volume of Wastewater at German Board Producer by 90 Per Cent.
- 12-Mar-2008: KEE announce first ever advanced wastewater treatment plant with built-in tertiary filter and UV disinfection system.
- 11-Mar-2008: ARM retains contract for Severn Trent reed beds.
- 28-Feb-2008: Sewage upgrade contract.
- 25-Jan-2008: CleanER Seas for North Coast.
- 5-Sep-2007: Northumbrian act quickly by hiring from Slater Drives Systems.
- 13-Feb-2007: Waste Processing… Total System Capability from Enpure – Vecoplan.
- 2-Jan-2007: Revitalise oxidation ditches with dual mode Triton aerator/mixer processor.
- 5-Sep-2006: Alfred McAlpine employs Brevini to solve Yorkshire Water’s gearbox problems….
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 23-May-2006: Esher Sewage Treatment Works.
- 30-Mar-2006: Sewage works go Dutch for new pumps.
- 8-Feb-2006: Torbay invests to help clean up English Riviera.
- 3-Feb-2006: Polypipe Civils Provides The Solutions For Sewers.
Water company news
Water conservation
- 2-Jul-2008: Premier Travel Inn Choose Waterscan’s Sustainable Greywater.
- 23-Jun-2008: COOLING WATER TREATMENT COMPANY HELPING TO SAVE WATER.
- 1-Feb-2007: Water savings in the UK benefit the World’s poorest countries.
- 21-Nov-2006: Rainwater harvesting reaps rewards for leading distribution company.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 5-Jul-2006: Flow regulating valve promises one ‘L’ of a saving.
- 5-Jun-2006: Are desalination plants the solution to the water crisis?.
Water quality
- 9-Aug-2007: Advanced UV Water Treatment.
- 22-Jun-2007: Earth Tech and Tianjin Water Works Company bring clean water to Tianjin.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
Water supply
- 22-Jun-2007: Earth Tech and Tianjin Water Works Company bring clean water to Tianjin.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 5-Jul-2006: Flow regulating valve promises one ‘L’ of a saving.
Water treatment/chemicals
- 6-Aug-2008: WATERMATIC and Q-Water go down a storm in Cyprus.
- 26-May-2008: NEW ULTRASONIC TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS AND DESTROYS ALGAE.
- 9-May-2008: Natural spa keeps flowing thanks to AquaKlear.
- 14-Apr-2008: Limescale protection system alleviates Explosive situation in Australia.
- 14-Feb-2008: A seal of approval for AquaKlear.
- 23-Jan-2008: Scale protection for Steam Boiler.
- 11-Jan-2008: Hydropath improves water quality at Kentucky leisure Centre.
- 2-Nov-2007: Hydropath technology eliminates scale in CoolingTowers.
- 9-Aug-2007: Advanced UV Water Treatment.
- 22-Jun-2007: Earth Tech and Tianjin Water Works Company bring clean water to Tianjin.
- 15-Feb-2007: Chinese chemical plant chooses sustainability.
- 5-Oct-2006: Fognam Down Nitrate Removal Scheme.
- 22-Aug-2006: Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs.
- 23-May-2006: Esher Sewage Treatment Works.
