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 […]
What is Water Pollution Prevention?
Everything you need to know about Water Pollution Prevention  in around ten and a half minutes. If you prefer to read the transcript is below. What is water pollution prevention? (Transcription) Hello. My name’s David Cole and I’m Technical Director for Sandfield Penstock Solutions. Today I’m going to talk to you about water pollution prevention. […]
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 […]
Water Pollution Prevention Presentation
This may be everything you need to know about spill containment and water pollution prevention in 20 minutes. If you who prefer to read the transcript is below. SPS Presentation Transcription My name is David Cole. This is a Sandfield Penstock Solutions Presentation on tools for effective water pollution prevention. I’m hoping today sparks bit […]
Sandfield Penstock Solutions featured in Foundry Trade Journal
Sandfield Penstock Solutions were very happy to be featured in this months Foundry Trade Journal. They did a really good job of telling our story which is why I am posting it here. this is clearly foundry focused but the issues discussed are pretty common across most businesses. Reproduced with thanks to Foundry Trade Journal. […]
What is Spill Mapping?
Historically spill risk has largely been conducted based on assumptions, relying on the intuitive ability of the assessor to predict what may happen during a pollution event. This most often provides the justification for businesses to invest in spill containment, ranging from reactive, low cost clean up products at one end of the scale to […]
What is Tertiary Containment?
At a basic level spill containment can be thought of in three containment policies or areas; primary, secondary and tertiary. Primary containment refers to the main means of preventing leaks and spills, the equipment that directly contains the materials being stored or transported. Secondary containment is the area immediately around those containers which could include […]
What is firewater?
What is Firewater? If you look up Firewater in the dictionary you will learn that it is a strong alcoholic drink. That isn’t the kind of firewater that we are concerned with in spill containment. In spill containment terms firewater refers to the potentially millions of litres of water or foam that are discharged to […]
What is the cost of a spill?
What is the cost of a spill? With environmental pollution highlighted in the BBC’s Blue Planet and an increasing number of high-profile water pollution events reported, environmental damage is no longer something that the public or regulator are prepared to accept. Things are changing, especially in the UK, and the cost of a pollution event […]
What is CIRIA 736?
CIRIA stands for Construction Industry Research and Information Association. This is a neutral, not for profit organisation actively involved in helping to improve the construction industry. CIRIA as an organisation is often commissioned to deliver best practice guidance by the regulator or responsible authorities, bringing together all manner of industry experts to deliver practice guidance […]
