What are Spill Kits and what role do they play in Water Pollution Prevention?
What are Spill Kits and how should they be used in Water Pollution Prevention Transcription Details: Date: November 20, 2019 Input sound file: https://youtu.be/uZiUgCtlLzo What is a spill kit? Speaker 1 [00:00:06]: Hi, my name is David Cole, and I’m technical director of Sandfield Penstock Solutions, and I’m going to talk today about Spill Kits. […]
What is ISO 14001 and how does it pertain to water pollution prevention?
Hello, my name is David Cole and I’m Technical Director for Sandfield Penstock Solutions. I’m here today to talk a little bit about ISO 14001. What is ISO 14001? Well, I say 14001 very quickly, and I’m not going to go into great lengths with it. It is really so that a company looks at […]
What is The Environment Agency and how could they impact your business?
Transcription Details: Date: October 23, 2019 Input sound file: https://youtu.be/frIxkxAj5Kc [00:00:03]: What is the environment agency? Speaker [00:00:09]: Hello, my name’s David Cole. I’m the Technical Director for Sandfield Penstock Solutions, and I’m going to talk to you a little bit about the Environment Agency. What is The Environment Agency? Speaker [00:00:20]: So, the environment […]
Farm pollution, water pollution, illegal waste and Climate Change
Farm pollution, water pollution, illegal waste and Climate Change. The Environment Agency has been busy as usual. They’ve been dealing with serious industrial spill in the shape of farm pollution, and with vehicles carrying waste illegally around north London, the focus of a recent clampdown operation. Their online service designed to update the public on […]
What is an Effluent Treatment Plant? How do Effluent Treatment Plants impact water pollution prevention.
Date: October 8, 2019 Input sound file: https://youtu.be/JEDnTwL376U Hello, my name is David Cole and I’m Technical Director for Sandfield Penstock Solutions, and today I’m going to talk about Effluent Treatment Plants or an ETP. What is an Effluent Treatment Plant? So an Effluent Treatment plant is where a large industry or an industry that’s […]
What is Spill Control?
Everything you need to know about Spill Control in under eight minutes. If you prefer to read the transcript is below. What is spill control? Hello, my name’s David Cole and I’m technical director at Sandfield Penstock Solutions and today I’m going to talk about spill control. So, spill control really is how you control […]
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 […]
Water companies receiving massive fines for water pollution, a dead fish scandal, British rivers in crisis and a spate of industrial fires and spills
Water utilities companies are in big trouble right now, with massive fines in the south-east, northeast and north-west of England. At the same time, a new study by Greenpeace has revealed Britain’s rivers are “so polluted with waste almost all samples contain microplastics, and one is choked with a higher concentration of plastic than the […]
What is Spill Control Automation?
Everything you need to know about Spill Control Automation in under 11 minutes. If you prefer to read the transcript is below. What is Spill Control Automation? (Transcription) Hi, my name is David Cole and I’m technical director of Sandfield Penstock Solutions and I’m going to talk to you about spill control automation today. Well, spill […]
Commercial fires and environmental fines – not as rare as you may think
Commercial fire and environmental fines – not as rare as you might think. Recent weeks have seen more of industrial fires, environmental fines and chemical spills, are we really surprised by this anymore? Here is the water pollution prevention news. An Industrial fire can destroy a business all on its own. However, the fallout can be as […]
