WaterButt
B&V’s planning bang on
“DON’T PANIC! Don’t panic!”
The immortal phrase associ-
ated with Corporal Jones in the
BBC TV series Dad’s Army.
It could also have been
uttered by some unsuspecting
project engineer working on a
recently completed South East
Bondi Beach was closed after shark sightings Water pipeline project that will
Beaches clean... and mean
safeguard water supplies for
mid-Sussex.
CLEANING UP coastal waters is on the agenda for most Among the challenges facing
countries, and Australia is no exception. But it appears that project engineers on the site
environmental protection of Sydney’s beaches and harbour was the presence of unexploded
The pipeline route (left) was
has created an added ordnance (UXO) in an area
used for military training. Above:
problem for the authorities used for military training Some of the shells unearthed
Down Under – shark numbers during the world wars.
are on the increase. Thankfully Black & Veatch, desktop study that recom- vital pipeline could be built.” clients.” The £1.25M project is
According to a recent report which provided design and mended a preconstruction site Black & Veatch also carried part of a South East Water
by news service Reuters, the construction supervision serv- evaluation and the commis- out a tool-box talk as part of scheme to enhance the transfer
cleaner marine environment is ices on the project, was on the sioning of a watching brief the health and safety briefing water from the south coast
attracting sharks near to case and took the bang out of a during construction. prior to and during construc- of England to mid-Sussex,
shore chasing fish. potentially explosive situation. “Before construction began, tion in order to increase staff and will ensure Poverty
Concern was raised after During the Preliminary a specialist team was called in awareness of the risks involved. Bottom Water Treatment
two shark attacks in as many He’s back: A great white shark Environmental Assessment, it to find any unexploded ord- Charlton said: “The commit- Works can meet the supply and
days. One attack was at was noted the water main nance,” said Martin Charlton, ted and safety-conscious demand balance in times of
Sydney’s Bondi Beach, the first recorded there since 1929. would be laid in the military Black & Veatch’s project centre approach Black & Veatch took water stress.
The installation of offshore sewage treatment plants as well training areas. south director. in tackling unique challenges The project serves the towns
as improved stormwater controls have been a contributing Therefore, mitigation against “A number of wartime shells this project presented has of Burgess Hill, Ringmer and a
factor towards Sydney’s cleaner beaches. UXO was carried out during were found along the pipeline resulted in the satisfaction of all number of villages along the
the design process with a route and safely removed so the stakeholders, including our foot of the South Downs.
Utility shows
creatures a
vole lot of love
THAMES WATER has come to
the rescue of some endangered
water voles and packed them
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Excavation sailed into
extension to boost treatment
capacity by 44%.
a unique discovery
About 30 water voles were
captured – using carrots and
apples as bait – from three
TSURUMI PUMPS have been mixture of mud and fresh water sludge lagoons and a 260m
used by the Norwegian found where the rivers run into ditch at Crossness, under the
Maritime Museum recently to the sea at Bjoervika, part of supervision of wildlife experts.
provide site drainage at a Oslo’s old port, near the new They have been chauffered to
rare archaeological find in national opera house. Wildwood captive breeding
Oslo harbour. Lin Hobberstad, an archae- centre in Herne Bay in time for
When building work began ologist onsite to oversee the safe their breeding season – they
to prepare the ground for the recovery of the shipwrecks, will stay for two years of
construction of a new highway explained that the removal procreation before returning
tunnel in Oslo, excavators were process had to happen as to Crossness.
not prepared for what they quickly as possible so that the Martin Wagner, Thames
were about to find buried ships could be examined and Water’s conservation manager,
under the mud – the largest construction work on the tun- said: “With work due to
collection of antique nel could start again. start soon on the planned
shipwrecks found in Norway She said: “Oslo Vei, a extension to the works, we
was gradually uncovered. construction specialist based in wanted to make sure these
Specialist archaeologists Oslo, recommended Tsurumi voles were not disturbed or
from the Norwegian Maritime pumps for the onsite drainage.” hurt in any way.
museum soon took over the “Good, reliable pumps are “That’s why we’re transfer-
dig, and were surprised to an essential part of an ring them to a breeding sanctu-
discover the remains of at least archaeological project like ary in sunny Kent. They’re
14 wooden boats. this and Tsurumi was an likely to stay there for about
The wrecks measure up to obvious choice.” two years, where we hope
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The boats are all remarkably remain onsite until the end of new reed ditches specially
well-preserved due to the construction in 2012. created for them.”
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