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During this summer’s exceptional rainfall the capabilities of the UK’s ageing water infrastructure to handle higher flow rates became an important factor determining the severity of the flooding which followed. Hydraulics - a subject often disregarded in the industry - plays a key role in ensuring effective water management. Research now demonstrates how plastic is hydraulically more efficient than concrete or clay piping.
One of the UK’s largest water and wastewater treatment works has chosen a pioneering alternative for its water pipe systems,that will help improve the water infrastructure to over 1.8 million homes in the West Midlands. Severn Trent Water’s £150 million Minworth wastewater treatment works, near Birmingham, which is the second largest in the UK, has selected leading water management solutions provider, Asset International Ltd (Asset), to provide more than two miles of pipe for the multi-phase project.
As green issues continue to rise up the political agenda, the water industry is being forced to look towards more innovative solutions that play a part in reducing carbon footprints. Plastics specialist, Dr Vasilios Samaras, examines how a material traditionally thought of as being detrimental to the environment is now proving to be the ‘greener’ option.
A pioneering hydro-power scheme has chosen leading water management solutions provider, Asset International Ltd (Asset), to provide the water transportation pipes at their pro-environment energy production project at Glendoe, near Loch Ness. The scheme, which is owned and operated by Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) working with Hochtief Construction AG as the main contractor and subcontractor Highlands Quality Contractor (HQC), is the largest civil engineering project in Scotland and is using the high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe manufactured by Asset, in their aqueduct system for transporting vast amounts of surface water to a reservoir in the Glendoe hills.
Leading water management solutions provider, Asset International Ltd, has opened a new production line at its factory in south Wales. The £2 million investment in the state-of-the-art production line and fabrication bay will enable Asset to produce a 3.5m diameter plastic pipe, the first of this size to be produced. The new pipe, which is the world’s largest high-density polyethelyne pipe, provides large-scale solutions for customers looking for easy to install, flexible pipes that mirror the strength of traditional materials.
High density polyethylene pipes (HDPE) are now common place for a variety of purposes and are increasingly being used as a replacement to more traditional materials, such as concrete or iron, thanks to its reliable, long lasting and durable properties. Dr Vasillios Samaras, senior technical engineer at HDPE pipe manufacturer Asset International looks at how the pipe is increasingly being used for projects that subject it to extreme conditions and how the material is able to cope with the most severe forces that Mother Nature can throw at it.
An innovative water management solution has become the product of choice in a project designed to reduce the risk of flooding to a residential area in Norfolk. The £340k project in Cromer is the second flood alleviation scheme - delivered by Barhale Construction on behalf of Anglian Water Services - to involve the use of Weholite - a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe manufactured by Asset international Ltd. Part of the Anglian Water AMP4 investment programme, Asset’s solution is designed to attenuate and control the excess flow of storm water running down to the residential area of Barclay Close from a commercial park/centre situated above on raised land.
Leading water management solutions provider, Asset International Ltd, has been awarded a patent for an innovative combined sewer overflow (CSO) solution that will cut on-site construction costs of CSO chambers by at least 30%.
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