Stormsaver supplies largest ever system
Posted: Tuesday 26th August 2008
Stormsaver, a leading designer and manufacturer of rainwater harvesting systems, has secured its largest ever order.
The company is to supply a £94,000 system, featuring a massive 224,000 litre storage tank, to Isleport Foods’ new manufacturing facility.
The premium dessert producer, part of the Bakkavor Group, is seeking to minimise the environmental impact of its new site, which is being built in Highbridge, near Burnham-on Sea, Somerset.
Rainfall will be directed from the building’s 5000m2 roof to the Stormsaver tank instead of adding to the local water course, a fact that has been welcomed by the Inland Drainage Board. In a further use of advanced technology by the Bakkavor Group, water from the roof will be drained into the recycling tank via a Fullflow syphonic system.
Minimising the number of downpipes required to handle up to 72mm per hour of rain, the Fullflow system uses 14 outlets and one single downpipe. The system is designed to drain roofs up to 8 times faster than traditional gravity drawn alternatives.
The rainwater will be filtered before being used for flushing WCs, cleaning and washing paved areas, and for filling the external roof condensers used by the factory’s refrigeration system.
Stormsaver estimates that its system will reduce Isleport Foods’ annual mains water bill by £7,500 per year.
In addition to financial savings, the inclusion of the Stormsaver system will reduce the environmental impact of the development.
John Hanson, Project Engineer at Isleport Foods, said: “An environmental impact assessment was carried out as part of the planning application process, set out by Sedgemoor District Council, and harvesting rainwater is an excellent method of reducing demands on the local drainage system.”
This was confirmed by Jonathan Rigby of Civil and Structural Engineers, Rigby and Partners, who added: “The water run-off from the new build roof will be put to the high client usage and this fact was appreciated by the Drainage Board and the council.
“Rigby and Partners has previously worked with Stormsaver on a successful project for Bako Northwest, a bakery and raw food distribution operation that uses the recycled water for vehicle washing, and we were very happy with the company’s feasibility assessment and budget cost.”
