WWT Drinking Water Quality Conference 2019 – Birmingham

In November 2019 we attended the WWT’s Drinking Water Quality Conference in Birmingham.  The conference looked at many topics including funding priorities, the future of pesticide management following the ban on metaldehyde, and customer awareness.  It featured presentations, debates, workshops and polling with the aim of offering water professionals advice, inspiration, and networking opportunities.

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Sensing in Water 2019 – Nottingham

In September 2019 we attended SWIG’s Sensing in Water conference in Nottingham.  The conference allowed us to listen to speeches by Allison Fergusson, Associate Director of OFWAT and Angela Smith, MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge and member of the All-Party Parliamentary Water Group.  It also included sessions on multiple topics to help us keep up with the latest innovations in the industry.

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ACE 2019 – Denver

In June 2019 we attended the AWWA’s annual conference in Denver.  The conference focused on “innovating the future of water” and allowed us to view new technologies and water sector innovations.  We also attended sessions on asset management, utility risk and resilience, and water quality challenges.

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Tri-State 2018 – Las Vegas

In September 2018 we attended the Tristate 2018 event at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.  Tom Williams was the speaker for two papers:  “Hexavalent Chromium Remediation System with Online Chromium Monitoring System Provides Affordable and Reliable Cr(VI) Treatment” and “Online Instrument for Raw-Water THM Precursor Analysis”.

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TAG West Coast 2017

In November 2017 we attended Isle Utilities’ TAG West Coast conference where Tom Williams was speaking.  TAG aims to “accelerate the market uptake of ‘step-change’ technologies by engaging the industry during the pre-commercial stages of development, and by leveraging external investment from venture capital investors.”

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TAG Northern California 2017

In November 2017 we attended Isle Utilities’ TAG Northern California conference in San Francisco where Tom Williams was speaking.   TAG aims to “accelerate the market uptake of ‘step-change’ technologies by engaging the industry during the pre-commercial stages of development, and by leveraging external investment from venture capital investors.”

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GRA Conference 2017 – California

In October 2017 we attended the Groundwater Resources Association’s conference in California where Tom Williams was the speaker.  The conference aimed to “provide policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and educators the opportunity to learn about current policies, regulations and technical challenges affecting the protection, use and management of groundwater in California.”

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Groundwater Solutions 2017 – Virginia

In August 2017 we attended the Groundwater Solutions conference in Arlington, Virginia where Tom Williams was a speaker.  The conference aimed to “create a forum where all who work in and serve the groundwater, as well as the drinking water, community can discuss and debate appropriate longer-term solutions for the evaluation and restoration of impacted and compromised groundwater.”

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Water & Wastes Digest, May 2014

In May 2014 the Water & Wastes Digest published an article on the use of the THM-100 in Benicia, California.  The article concluded that: “the integration of the online THM analyzer at Benicia WTP has become an essential element to avert regulatory breaches and deliver treated water of the highest quality to the city of Benicia.”

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Water & Wastes Digest, March 2014

In March 2014 the Water & Wastes Digest published an article on the use of the THM-100 in the town of Old Bridge in New Jersey.  The article stated that: “the THM-100 not only provided precise tracking of changes in THM levels, but also enabled a much greater understanding of how the environment, climate, and particularly rainfall and residence time could affect the THM values of the purchased surface water.”

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Petra Challenge

We took part in the Petra Challenge to raise money for biogas plants in India. With support from Haigh Engineering and Alexander James Menswear we raced from the UK to Petra in Jordan in a car worth less than £50. On the way we managed to raise enough money for Raleigh International to build a anaerobic digestor for a poor village in India.

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Globe 2010

In April 2010 we took part in the Globe 2010 conference in Vancouver, Canada. The international conference promoting a green world through greener communities brought together companies from all over the world to promote green technologies.

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Timbuktu challenge

In January 2009 we joined the Timbuktu challenge! A race from the UK to Timbuktu in a car that cost less than £200 which included over 500 miles crossing the Sahara desert without any roads. Money was raised for WaterAid Mali and for local water projects in Mali.

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Raleigh International: Borneo

Summer 2005 was spent deep in the Borneo jungle working with Raleigh International, World Wildlife fund, Shell Malaysia and the MESCOT organisation project managing the build of a eco-lodge. The lodge brought a new sustainable income stream to a poor community while helping preserve areas of rainforest and providing a corridor for wildlife to migrate.

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