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Industry toasts innovation and
03 Review
The awards notched up another success.
excellence at ‘water Oscars’
Check out what happened and who won
04 Photo gallery
G
ood food, great enter-tainment, the Awards’ nominated charity. Having kept everyone A pictorial round-up showing the lighter
awards presentation and a casino were in suspense long enough, the Water Industry side of the awards evening
the order of the night at this year’s Water Achievement Awards 2009 presentation finally
Industry Achievement Awards, which took place got underway. 07 Award categories
on May 20 at the International Convention A closer look at the winners and finalists,
Centre, Birmingham. Major success and what the judges thought
Undeterred by the current economic climate, First winner of the night was IA+. The alliance of
about 320 guests attended the prestigious event, partners walked away with Partnership Initiative 18 Judging the awards
organised by Faversham House Group titles WET of the Year, sponsored by Imtech Process and Just what happens to award entries
News and Water & Wastewater Treatment,to Saint-Gobain PAM, having achieved major once the closing date has passed?
celebrate the innovative achievements of the success in producing even greater collaboration
award winners and finalists. and efficiencies.
Following a champagne reception, WET News Next on the agenda was Customer Satisfaction The Team
editor Maureen Gaines got proceedings underway Initiative of the Year. The winner of this category Editor
by outlining what was in store for the evening, was May Gurney, whose initiatives have led to a
Maureen Gaines
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and reminding guests what the awards are all 30% drop in the number of written complaints
Group advertisement manager
about – recognising, rewarding and celebrating from work carried out for South West Water.
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excellence and innovation in the water industry. Actually, South West Water picked up its own
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Before the eagerly anticipated awards were award as winner of the SUDS & Flood
Advertisement sales
Deborah Lilley
announced, Welsh comedian extraordinaire Rhod Management category. The company was
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Gilbert soon had the audience in stitches. After rewarded for its work in restoring Exmoor Mire to
Advertisement manager (south)
discovering his fellow compatriots at Dwr Cymru make it a more effective natural flood deterrent.
Adam Jeffery
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Welsh Water, he reminisced about losing his brand Southern Water was the next winner, picking
Sales executive (north)
new suitcase at Dublin airport. up the first of three trophies. The company’s
Matthew Byron
And if that wasn’t enough there was Rhod’s successful modern apprentice training scheme saw
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hilarious saga of getting to grips with the not so it walk off with the Anglo Technical Recruitment-
Team administrator
Clare Klos
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“...reminding guests what the awards are all about –
Design & Production Manager
Luana Marca
rewarding and celebrating excellence in the industry”
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Production controller
Mike Smith
simple task of buying a duvet – when faced with a sponsored People Initiative of the Year. mike.smith@fav-house.com
variety of tog ratings. This scheme also ensured Southern Water was
Publisher
Angela Himus
Next on the menu was Andrew Cook, director crowned overall winner on the night when it took
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of fundraising and communications at WaterAid. Outstanding Innovation 2009, sponsored by
Andrew spoke about the importance of the Ofwat. Southern Water’s other success was in the
www.web4water.com
charity’s work in Africa and the projects that have Health & Safety Initiative of the Year category,
Published by Faversham House Group Ltd,
come to fruition as result of money raised. with it Aim for Zero campaign.
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United Utilities and its ambitious United Futures
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Great offerings regeneration programme was rewarded as winner Stationers’ Hall. Origination by ITM, 20-26 Brunswick Place,
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This was the lead-in to the charity raffle in of the Community Campaign of the Year category,
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support of WaterAid. Andrew helped pick out the while Yorkshire Water’s strategy to reduce its
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winners for some fantastic prizes – Nintendo DS, electricity and chemical consumption earned it the publishers. Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of
material published in WET News and WWT. However,
bottles of champagne, M&S vouchers, Red Letter AECOM-sponsored Carbon Reduction Initiative of
Faversham House Group Ltd will not be liable for any
days, a Team GB rowing jacket and a John Lewis the Year award. PCIP and Bristol Water picked up
inaccuracies. Both text paper and cover stock are printed on
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beach barbeque hamper. the Most Innovative New Technology award for
License number PEFC/16-33-141.
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An auction, held later in the evening, saw guests their ice-pigging technology while Morrison Utility ISSN 0950-6651
dig deep again for variety of great offerings such Services’ Hydrant Wizard scooped the Most
as a signed photograph of Formula 1 driver Innovative Use of an Existing Technology award.
Jenson Button, two tickets to see England play at British Water chief executive David Neil-
Wembley, a TomTom SatNav; Blackberry phones Gallacher was top choice for the Veolia Water-
and a Concert in the Park. sponsored Outstanding Individual Contribution to
Guests helped raised about £5,400 in support of the Water Industry.
WaterAid, the Water Industry Achievement Maureen Gaines, editor, WET News
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