Dee Valley Water have successfully prosecuted two businesses in the Chester area for illegally accessing water from hydrants connected to its water supply network. The two companies prosecuted were Clean Line Waste Water Solutions Limited of Birkenhead and TDM Drainage Ltd (trading as Metro Rod) based in Deeside. Following a successful court case, both were charged with offences that breached Section 174 of the Water Industry Act 1991 and received quite significant financial penalties of a fine with full costs awarded plus an additional victim surcharge.
Following a number of complaints made about water quality within the Chester area, the Company paid particular attention to the problematic areas which eventually led to its staff finding tankers owned by the two aforementioned companies filling up from a hydrant and who were subsequently prosecuted.
Generac Mobile Products, the Milton Keynes based supplier of a range of environmentally biased power products for the UK construction rental industry enjoyed a highly successful three days at the recent construction machinery exhibition – Hillhead.
The timely and efficient transport of samples into the laboratory is critical to the running of any sampling project. In order to aid the logistical element of the analytical process ALS Environmental are proud to announce they have launched four new drop-off locations around the UK, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Crayford (Kent), Redhill (South London) and Stoke on Trent, with their Leeds location being moved nearer the M1. These locations are active from Monday 1st August 2016.
ALS Environmental are pleased to announce that they have become Support Members of the Contaminated Land: Applications In Real Environments (CL:AIRE). The aim of CL:AIRE is to be a respected independent not-for-profit organisation. The group was established in 1999 to stimulate the regeneration of contaminated land in the UK by raising awareness of, and confidence in, practical and sustainable remediation technologies.
Big Data’ and the ‘Internet of Things’ are starting to affect every industry, and the water sector is no exception. The forthcoming International Water Association (IWA) Conference, entitled: ‘New Developments in IT & Water,’ will therefore provide an update on how data collection and processing is affecting the management of water and wastewater, and how it will develop in the future.
Reliability, accuracy, and precision are essential for any quality pH measurement. In order to guarantee the best quality measurements, sensors must be suited for the sample, easy to use and designed to perform.
As part of their ongoing commitment to improve their logistical services to customers, ALS Environmental are pleased to announce that they are opening a new drop off location in Otterbourne from Thursday 5th May 2016. The site will soon be home to a new laboratory that will undertake analysis of samples for Microbiology for commercial customers.
Recent evidence of widespread non-compliance with Duty of Care legislation for waste, introduced by the government in 1990, has led to the launch of a campaign to raise awareness of the law and its requirements. The ‘right Waste, right Place’ campaign is primarily aimed at informing smaller businesses about the law and their obligations, as research suggests that 94% of non-compliant organisations are Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).
On Monday 22nd February 2016, Channel 4’s Dispatches screened an episode entitled ‘Dirty Secrets: What's Really in Our Air?’ The programme employed the latest air quality monitoring technology, supplied by Air Monitors. “The AQMesh pods were absolutely vital to the journalistic integrity of the programme,” commented Producer Roger Corke. “We were amazed at the level of technology available in such small, lightweight units – without them; it would not have been possible to identify the pollution hotspots that were the main focus of the programme.”