Water Pollution Prevention News – Microplastics, Illegal Waste and 100,000 Dead Fish
The mighty River Thames isn’t just mighty. It’s also filthy, thanks to extraordinary amounts of micro-plastic waste. A football pitch-sized illegal waste site in Cambridgeshire is being shut down for good by the Environment Agency. Omex Agricultural, the company responsible for serious pollution that killed more than 100,000 fish in the River Witham, have been […]
Water Pollution Prevention News Water Pollution Special – Global Drinking Water Scandals
Water Pollution Special – Global Drinking Water Scandals Living in a first-world country with plenty of sensible regulations, rules, laws and guidelines in place plus an enforcement agency to make sure they’re met, you’d think our drinking water was perfectly clean and safe. It isn’t always so, and in other countries people are getting an even […]
Automated Containment Valve – Float Switch Activation
Automated Containment Valve – Float Switch Activation Hello, welcome to another Sandfield Penstock Solutions training video I’m looking today at our ToggleBlok automated containment valve system and going through some of the simple operations of how to operate it automatically. What you can see here is a 300 mm Toggleblok automated containment valve. We have […]
What does COVID-19 teach us about the way we have been living?
What does COVID-19 teach us about the way we have been living? The way we have been living with travel, food and entertainment and anything else that our hearts desire available to the vast majority of us at will has now come to an abrupt halt in almost every developed country in the world. The […]
Waste-led environment penalties plus a new initiative to combat waste crime
Waste-led environment penalties plus a new initiative to combat waste crime January has seen a rash of waste-led environment fines, environment penalties and custodial sentences. It’s good to know that there’s a new taskforce unit for 2020, designed to tackle serious waste crime more effectively. Waste criminals have nowhere to hide A new specialist waste […]
Industrial fire, nitrate issues, orange seas and new environment initiatives
Industrial fire, nitrate issues, orange seas and new environment initiatives There’s been an industrial fire at Wath. Hampshire’s new home building strategy is suffering thanks to nitrate pollution in the Solent. The sea has turned orange in Cornwall amid concerns about a leak at the Portmellon Pumping Station. Scientists slam the government’s plans for environment […]
What is Environmental Permitting?
Everything you need to know about Environmental Permitting in less than six and a half minutes. If you prefer to read the transcript is below. What is Environmental Permitting? Transcript. Speaker: Hi, my name is David Cole and I’m Technical Director of Sandfield Penstock Solutions, and I’m going to talk to you a little bit […]
Drones spot abstractions, Devon water pollution, wild swimming woes
Drones spot abstractions, Devon water pollution, wild swimming woes. Water abstraction is the process of taking water from a natural source and using it for drinking, irrigation, and industry. It frequently happens illegally in the UK, and in East Anglia, the Environment Agency is using drones to spot unauthorised abstractions. There’s been a really nasty […]
What are spill containment solutions?
Everything you need to know about Spill Containment Solutions in seven minutes. If you prefer to read the transcript is below. What are Spill Containment Solutions? (Transcript) Hi, my name’s David Cole and I am technical director of Sandfield Penstock Solutions and I’m going to talk to you about spill containment solutions? What are Spill […]
Tools for Effective Water Pollution Prevention Webinar
Everything you need to know about the latest regulations and tech in Water Pollution prevention in twenty eight minutes. If you prefer to read the transcript is below. Tools for Effective Water Pollution Prevention Webinar Speaker: Good afternoon, everybody. And thanks for signing up to our Tools for Effective Water Pollution webinar. I hope it’s […]
