Protecting a beauty spot from polluted mine water

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Posted on January 20, 2023May 12, 2024

Protecting a beauty spot from polluted mine water

Our client

Our client is a county council in the UK.

The location is a woodland park with a canal. An area of natural beauty, the site was once home to a colliery that opened in the mid-nineteenth century. Today it’s a popular spot for hikers, dog walkers, joggers, cyclists, and picnickers.

The reed bed is part of an unmaintained treatment scheme built in the nineties. Once cleaned, the abandoned mine water from the former colliery is used to fill the canal to maintain its level.

Reed bed refurbishment as part of a site upgrade

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Posted on January 10, 2023May 12, 2024

A reed bed refurbishment as part of a site upgrade

Our client

Our client is a UK government ministerial department.

The location is a treatment works serving an operational site with living quarters. It’s been in existence for over a century and is historically significant.

The reed bed – measuring around 30m x 14m – forms part of a sewage treatment works.

Mine life. From making a mess to clearing it up

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Posted on November 25, 2022November 24, 2022

Andy Craggs, Dave Hepple, Sean Box, and Alastair Pentland have one special thing in common. They – or their family members – worked down the coal mines in the north of England.

Back in the day, coal mining may have had some negative effects on the environment. Yet many of the people who worked in the coal mining industry are now in jobs doing innovative things to negate those impacts.

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Road Safety Week 2022 – What we do to keep our vehicles road safe

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Posted on November 14, 2022November 10, 2022

Between the 14^th – 20^th November is Road Safety Week. A campaign centred around raising awareness of how to use roads safety and ensuring we all use safe road worthy vehicles.

Severn Trent Services have a large fleet of vehicles, so it is of the upmost importance that we regularly check and maintain our vehicles to make sure they are road safe each day. We asked Senior Field Technician Phil Isaac, what daily checks we perform on company vehicles.

We’re always better together – the Betterment programme

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Posted on October 12, 2022October 6, 2022

The Betterment Programme, run by Operations Manager Charlie Anderson, sees three areas of Severn Trent Services come together to increase our service offering to our customers.

It involves Oren Environmental, which is expanding its team to offer grounds maintenance services for our Ministry of Defence contract managed by our Water Services Contracts team. They’ll also deliver asset condition grading services – on the buildings and civil engineering side – to assist our Central Support Services team.

Amanda’s Sri Lankan adventure

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Posted on September 27, 2022September 16, 2022

Severn Trent Services’ Amanda Bagri recently had an unforgettable trip of a lifetime, doing charity work in Sri Lanka.

It was something of a change of scenery for Coventry-based Amanda, who works as a Continuous Improvement Analyst on the Water Contracts Team. She took two weeks out of her busy schedule to visit the South Asian country, taking part in several charity projects.

Temporary water use ban in Thames Water area

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Posted on August 25, 2022August 31, 2022

We’ve seen an extremely dry start to the year; in the south there’s been a dry March, April, May, June and July, with 34% less rain than the long-term average.  With August and September set to be just as dry, together with the hottest temperatures on record, demand for water is set to remain high.

Temporary water use ban in Yorkshire

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Posted on August 23, 2022August 23, 2022

We’ve seen an extremely dry start to the year; in Yorkshire there’s been a dry March, April, May, June and July, with 34% less rain than the long-term average.  With August and September set to be just as dry, together with the hottest temperatures on record, demand for water is set to remain high.

Helpful tips to reduce water usage during the hot weather

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Posted on August 12, 2022August 12, 2022

We’re facing some pretty hot weather at the moment, so we’ve compiled some helpful tips in how you can save water and reduce the pressure on your water supplier.

Temporary water use ban in Kent and Sussex areas

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Posted on August 12, 2022August 12, 2022

We’ve seen an extremely dry start to the year, with a sharp reduction in average rainfall between April – June 2022 making it the driest start to the year since 1976.  With August and September set to be just as dry, together with the hottest temperatures on record, demand for water is set to remain high.

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