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New research on
Explosive Atmospheres Improving understanding of risk and driving safety across the water industry
that will lead to greater confidence and new best practice in assessing the risk of explosive atmospheres. This new work, representing over £200k of investment by the participating companies, is made possible due to our combination of technical specialists, fieldwork experience and unique laboratory facilities. It will provide robust and credible evidence to ensure equipment is appropriately specified for different environments accounting for the relevant asset risk.
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WRc's senior wastewater consultant Rod Palfrey comments: "Previous Explosive Atmosphere Risk Assessment projects carried out by WRc in 1993 and 2004 provide a methodical approach that underpins current tools. Now is the right time to enhance these with new information, particularly taking advantage of techniques that will allow an improved understanding of biomethane generation at wastewater and sludge sites."
Sam Harris, Resilience specialist at Severn Trent Water comments: "At Severn Trent we take our responsibilities for safety very seriously and we want to make sure we have the best possible understanding of risks when making our DSEAR assessments. It important to review what we do to drive continuous improvement and we believe this WRc project will help ensure the most appropriate and effective control measures are applied to our assets."
Ian Spriggs, Anglian comments: "We are proud to be part of this project, which we believe will allow greater understanding of risk within our processes. This is in line with our goal of 'no accidents and no harm to people' and our commitment to innovation, helping to drive continual improvement throughout the business."
Terry Quinn, Head of M&E Services and Cathy Uprichard, Head of Health and
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Rc is delighted to announce the launch of a new research programme on behalf of seven UK water and sewerage companies
Safety at Northern Ireland Water say "Northern Ireland Water are happy to
support this important project which is expected to inform the organisation's next review of DSEAR."
Colin Burdon, Northumbrian Water comments: "At Northumbrian Water, one of our key focuses is that our workplaces are healthy and safe. Participating in and contributing to this collaboration with the WRc and the other UK Water and Sewerage companies is essential to improving our knowledge of the risk to our people and assets from Explosive Atmospheres and how to effectively address it. Therefore, it will contribute not only to achieving that ambition, but also to support the safety of people working across our industry."
Andrew Fishburn, United Utilities comments: "The WRc research will provide new evidence for our risk assessments, helping United Utilities to meet its commitment of providing safe and healthy workplaces for employees and contractors."
Peter Coker, Principal Engineer, Yorkshire Water comments: "Yorkshire Water is leading the field in tackling explosion risk in the water industry and is keen to collaborate with other water utilities to develop a common approach and benefit from fresh research into methane evolution from treatment processes."
There is still time to get involved if your company wants to be equipped to justify investment decisions and quantify accurately, using the latest evidence, the level of risk arising from explosive atmospheres.
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