CIRIA C736 – Pollution Containment Guidance
Understanding CIRIA C736 Requirements CIRIA C736 provides industry guidance for the design and implementation of containment systems used to prevent pollution from entering controlled waters. The guidance highlights the importance of system reliability, containment capacity, and the need for engineered solutions capable of responding effectively during emergency events. Extract from CIRIA C736 – System Reliability […]
The Alternative to Using Penstock Valves.
For many years, penstock valves have been widely used as a method of controlling flow within drainage systems. However, as environmental risks and regulatory expectations evolve, there is increasing demand for faster, more reliable pollution containment solutions. Today, automated containment systems such as ToggleBlok® are providing a modern alternative — designed specifically to address the […]
10 ways to save money on water pollution prevention.
As we all prepare to get back to work we are aware that the water pollution prevention systems that you implement have to be more cost effective and less disruptive than ever. This is the first of ten posts that will demonstrate the ten ways that Penstock Solutions could be saving you time, money and […]
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 […]
Pollution Containment Device – Control Panel Explainer
Pollution Containment Device – Control Panel Explainer Hello welcome to another one our toggle block pollution containment device explainer videos, this time I am providing a little bit of an oversight into how the control panel for our valves work. This control panel operates all of our pollution containment valves from the 150mm valve right […]
Automated Pollution Containment Device – Flood Alarm Activation
Automated Pollution Containment Device – Flood Alarm Activation Hello and welcome to another Sandfield Penstock Solutions video looking at our ToggleBlok system, this time we are linking the pollution containment device to a flood alarm or high level alarm. We are looking here at a situation where you might have flood water coming into your […]
Containment Systems for the Prevention of Pollution – Supplement to CIRIA Report C736 (2014)
CIRIA has been developing a supplement to its widely used guidance C736: Containment Systems for the Prevention of Water Pollution (2014), reflecting growing industry demand for updated best practice. As regulatory expectations continue to evolve, this update is expected to address how containment systems perform under modern conditions — including new risks, materials, and technologies. […]
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 is Environmental Advice?
Everything you need to know about water pollution prevention and Environmental Advice in about seven half minutes. If you prefer to read the transcript is below. What is Environmental Advice? Transcription Details: Date: December 18, 2019 Input sound file: https://youtu.be/1HgPLwCEJf8 What is Environmental Advice? Hello, my name is David Cole, and I’m technical director of Sandfield […]
Weetabix fine, chemical spills, Irish river woes and water pollution innovations
Weetabix fine, chemical spills, Irish river woes and water pollution innovations … Ireland’s river quality is plummeting fast. In Northamptonshire the cereals giant Weetabix has been fined £140,000 for polluting a river with thousands of litres of diesel fuel, threatening the lives of fish and water plants. Chemical spills are not as rare as you […]
