Water UK
@wateruk
We represent water companies to ensure that customers receive high quality tap water at a reasonable price and that our environment is protected and improved.
ID: 45794653
http://www.water.org.uk 09-06-2009 08:22:29
6,6K Tweet
14,14K Takipçi
1,1K Takip Edilen
That’s a big one! Southern Water has removed a 50kg #fatberg – the same as a baby hippo! – from a sewer in West Sussex. Fatbergs are formed when wet wipes, & other items, combine with fats & grease from cooking. Don’t feed a fatberg always #BinTheWipe! #fatsblockpipes
Water companies must balance maintaining pipes and other infrastructure with protecting important natural sites. Essex & Suffolk Water has successfully replaced 3.5kms of water pipes close to Hanningfield Reservoir which is home to a range of species including Great Crested Newts.
In Stroud, Severn Trent has recently completed a colossal underground storm tank that can hold as much water as three Olympic swimming pools. Water companies want to install thousands of these tanks across the country as part of plans to invest £11bn to end sewage entering rivers &
We have proposed record investment to end sewage entering our rivers and seas but water companies are taking action now. In Cornwall, South West Water have fixed one of the highest spilling overflows in the country so it no longer spills at all. southwestwater.co.uk/about-us/lates…