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in water engineering over several decades, working on water projects worldwide, and leading technical and management consulting at utility companies and in local authorities.
“Many of the issues faced in New Zealand will be familiar to people working in the UK water industry, and vice versa,” says Parker. “These include concerns about lack of maintenance of industry assets, the significant impact of climate change, and the quality of river water.
“The formation of a new drinking water regulator has also allowed a fuller picture of drinking water quality across New Zealand to emerge, which has exposed a variety of challenges, some similar and some different to the UK. These issues are some of the drivers for the restructuring of the country’s water and wastewater services and WRc is ideally placed to expand into New Zealand and support projects there.”
Ian Garside, ProjectMax’s chief operating officer, who is currently supporting the New Zealand government in preparing for reform, expressed excitement about the partnership and welcomed “the opportunity to support the application of WRc’s global expertise and experience in a local context.”
As well as the infrastructure challenges, Parker added that both countries need to recruit the very best engineers, scientists, and environmental specialists, but with so much global competition for these skills, it is not easy.
“Our two nations have much in common, so there is a great opportunity to work together to share valuable experiences and learning. With the rise of virtual meetings, electronic documents and
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instantaneous communication, collaborating across the globe is much easier than it was even five years ago.
“Having been fortunate enough to spend time in New Zealand in the past, I’m excited to have been given the chance to renew my acquaintance with the country. Through my work with WRc and ProjectMax, I hope to foster a closer relationship between our two water sectors.
“WRc’s team includes some of the UK’s leading experts in the water sector, and they’re hungry to explore the issues that are faced both here and in New Zealand.
Jo Parker, WRc
This collaboration will help both organisations meet the challenges of the future even more effectively.”
Parker concludes, “Many of these are common problems, so let’s solve them together.”
Intelligent chemical dosing system achieves exclusive distribution
An automatically adjustable, portable chemical dosing system, developed for use in pipe commissioning, has secured sole distribution with pipeline equipment specialist AHS Pipeline Innovation, which is based in Leeds, UK.
The AD-150 from manufacturing company Aquadose is primarily used in the chlorination and de-chlorination of pipelines. It is regarded as an intelligent dosing system due to its automatic flow- proportional dosing control and process validation.
Unlike traditional dosing systems, the unit automatically adjusts the volume of chemical solution added to the water during commissioning, in line with changes in flow. South Wales based Aquadose is
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working in collaboration with AHS to ensure a fleet of 40 AD1-150 skids are available for hire by water utilities in the UK and Ireland from September 2023.
Contractors and water utilities need to deploy portable chemical dosing systems to inject sodium hypochlorite, sodium thiosulphate or sodium bisulphate solutions during the pipe commissioning process. This includes the precise inspection, checking, cleaning, flushing, verification, pressure and leak testing, and performance evaluation that must be undertaken to bring a new infrastructure online.
The AD1-150 makes the process much easier for the operator as the water flow does not need to be monitored for consistency. The system can handle a wide
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