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Enterprise buys STMS


INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTE- NANCE company Enterprise has bought meter installa- tion business Severn Trent Metering


Services (STMS)


from Severn Trent Water. It is the second acquisition that Enterprise has made in eight months, having bought Byzak in October last year.


Severn Trent’s decision to sell the metering business was in response to changes in the UK market, with water com- panies increasingly looking for metering and repair and maintenance as a single pack- age. STMS undertakes meter installations for domestic and commercial customers, meter maintenance and battery ex- change for electronic meters. The expertise of STMS em- ployees enhances Enterprise’s existing metering capabilities and expands its footprint for providing this service. The addition of STMS also allowx Enterprise to continue to meet the needs of its customers, who increasingly require a bundled service for metering, repair and maintenance on the water network.


Dan Holland, managing di-


rector of Utilities and Defence at Enterprise, said: “We are delighted to welcome STMS to our business and look for- ward to further embedding our growth in the metering markets.”


Enterprise has taken over STMS’s contract with Severn Trent Water to install meters, but the water hygiene and pri- vate pipework services remain within Severn Trent Services. Elsewhere,


Enterprise


won Veolia Water’s St Mary’s Bay Phase 1 Trunk Main Replacement scheme in its south-east area. The work in- volves installing trunk mains over 9km in a challenging lo- cation, drawing on experience in completing similar schemes elsewhere. The company has also secured an expansion of its Mains Infrastructure Pre- ferred Supplier Agreement until April 2015, which sees Enterprise provide mains re- newal activities across Veolia Water’s central area.


In order to secure the ad- ditional work, Enterprise passed a rigorous assessment process, both technically and commercially.


Companies urged to invest in drains


WHILE A growing number of companies are realising that a proactive approach towards drainage assets is needed to improve efficiency and avoid the possibility of fines, there is still an “out of sight, out of mind” attitude among some companies, according to OnSite Central


OnSite Central, which specialises in managing and maintaining drainage assets, believes companies should not delay improvements to underground wastewater in-


frastructure, saying there are affordable and readily avail- able solutions on the market. Steve Ovington, of OnSite Central, said: “It can prove ex- pensive if drainage assets are taken for granted and own- ers are now expected to have these assets mapped, condi- tion assessed and rehabilitated where necessary. As part of a Planned Preventative Mainte- nance programme it is possi- ble to introduce a real-time OS 8000 flow monitoring system into the drainage network.”


The OS 8000 system helps maintenance managers han- dle their assets in four stages so that important decisions can be made quicker.


Ovington said that in worst


case scenarios, companies do get fined, and this appears to be on the increase, as laws to protect the environment be- come more stringent.


“Fines are one thing, but there’s also the hassle and the downtime, which may actu- ally cost far more in financial terms,” he said.


has Crossness to get new pumps


BEDFORD PUMPS is im- plementing its latest multi- million-pound contract to manufacture, test, install and commission 13 pumps for the refurbishment of the Intake Pumping Station at Thames Water’s Crossness Sewage Treatment Works.


Thames Water is currently investing £220M to upgrade the works, which will enable the site to treat 44% more sewage than its current capa- bility, and part of the upgrade was to construct a new intake pumping station to cater for the increased capacity. Dur- ing the tendering period, Im- tech Process worked closely with Bedford Pumps to pro-


Bedford Pumps’ replacement utilises the existing concrete plinths


vide a bespoke solution that involved utilising the exist- ing intake pumping station,


thereby making substantial savings in the capital costs of the project. Bedford Pumps is replacing the 12 Allen Gwynnes pumps with 13 new dry well immers- ible pumps. These will com- prise six Low Level pumpsets delivering 2,140l/s each fitted with 650kW motors, four High Level pumpsets deliv- ering 1,225l/s each and fit- ted with 270kW motors and three Transfer pumpsets de- livering 1,225l/s each fitted with 140kW motors.


The pumps are designed to handle 180mm solids and the motors will be oil cooled. The drive will be via 690v invert- ers.


ACWA Air links up with Azzuro CONNECTED.


ACWA AIR and Azzuro have formed a strategic partnership in the UK, Ireland and the Middle East to exploit biolog- ical air treatment technology for emission control particu- larly in the sewage industry, and applications where this technology provides an ap- propriate, low cost means of eliminating odours.


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The addition of Azzuro’s biological air treatment tech- nology extends ACWA Air’s portfolio and complements the existing range of wet scrubbers, active carbon fil- ters and biofilters.


INBRIEF


Viking Johnson has completed a multimillion-pound invest- ment in its Large Products Factory at Hitchin. The enhance- ments mean lead times, product availability and flexibility have vastly improved, and the company can now respond to customers quickly for emergency situations, such as pipeline bursts.


Atlas Copco Compressors has welcomed the latest revisions to the Water Industry Mechanical and Electrical Specifica- tions (WIMES), which have placed increased emphasis on measuring blower performance according to the ISO 1217 standard for displacement compressors. ISO1217 will en- sure customers have a truer picture of blower efficiency and the volume of air that is supplied to their process.


AxFlow has gained SAFE Contractor accreditation. Provid- ing engineered maintenance solutions, servicing and the supply, installation and commissioning of pump systems for commercial and industrial premises, AxFlow received accreditation in recognition of its compliance to health and safety practices and policies.


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Azzuro has developed and designed


high performance


biotrickling filters for munici- pal and industrial odour, H2S and VOC control. The tech-


nique virtually eliminates the need for chemicals or adsorp- tion media.


Central to the performance of the biotrickling filter is a specially developed synthetic media packing. This Spa- cious Wire Pac media (SWP) provides the lowest pressure loss of any fill on the market whilst ensuring the biomass that develops on the filaments of the packing have immedi- ate access to a reservoir of nutrients.


This means a more active media and a smaller bed re- quirement than others.


Turkey scheme wins funding


THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Devel- opment (EBRD) is provid- ing a loan of up to €20M to finance the construction of Mezitli wastewater treatment plant in Turkish city Mersin. The loan means that since the beginning of its operations in Turkey in 2009, the EBRD has invested more than €1.8B in various sectors of the coun- try’s economy.


The project will signifi- cantly improve the quality and reliability of wastewater treatment services in Mersin, bringing them in line with both EU and Turkey’s stand- ards, and will reduce water pollution in Mersin Bay and the Mediterranean Sea.


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