WaterButt HAVE YOUR SAY


We want more of your voices in WET News. Give us your views and thoughts on the following subjects and statements. Jot them down on an email and send to yoursayWN@fav-house. com by December 11, 2013 and we will publish a collection of them in the January 2014 edition of WET News. Please state if you are happy to be named, or whether you would prefer to remain anonymous or use an alias.


What do you think?


Ofwat is to allow the water companies to bring forward capital investment from AMP6 into 2014-15 to help smooth the peaks and troughs of AMP cycles. How quickly will work trickle down to smaller companies and suppliers? Will the scheme generate more efficiency and cost reductions?


I have never... While making tea or coffee for my colleagues I have never... What do you think?


Anglian Water and several contractors have signed up to a joint initiative to help reduce carbon in infrastructure by 24Mt of carbon a year by 2050. Should this have been established sooner? What measures should be put in place and why?


I have never... Walking onto a wastewater treatment works I have never... Write a caption


Thames Water has used a waterproofing membrane system designed for confined spaces on the Lee Tunnel Beckton Pumping Shaft. Write a caption and email it to yoursayWN@ fav-house.com by December 11, 2013. The best captions will be published in the January 2014 issue of WET News.


Thames goes tree planting


THAMES WATER has gone tree mad. The company has been planting a new generation of trees in two London parks − King George’s Park and York Gardens − in partnership with Wandsworth Council.


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The utility is supporting project


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proposed construction work in King George’s Park and Falconbrook pumping station for the Thames Tideway Tunnel, which is expected to start in 2016.


Suzanne Burgoyne, environment manager for the Thames Tideway Tunnel, explains: “Protecting the environment is at the heart of the Thames Tideway Tunnel project and we are committed to improving where possible the areas where construction will be taking place. We’re pleased that these trees will be there for the people of Wandsworth to enjoy long


after we have completed our construction work.”


Jerry Birtles, chief parks officer at Wandsworth Council, says: “We’re very keen to renew the avenue in King George’s Park so that future generations can enjoy it as we have done. The existing avenue is now quite old and it will be sad to see some of the older trees removed, but where they are decaying or coming to the end of their natural lifespan, it’s in the best interest of the park to remove them and plant new trees that can be there for many years to come. “At York Gardens, the new trees will be a welcome addition to the 250 trees we already have there.”


As well as providing environmental benefits, new trees will help form a natural barrier around the construction work to reduce its impact on local residents.


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