Penstock Solutions featured in ‘New Civil Engineer’
We’re delighted to say that our Technical Director, David Cole has contributed an article to New Civil Engineer. Discussing August’s sodium cyanide spillage from metal finishing company Anochrome into a local canal system, he explores how the issue of industrial water pollution has been thrust back into the headlines. Read the full article – 10 […]
The Alternative to Using Penstock Valves.
There is now an alternative to using Penstock Valves for water pollution containment – the ToggleBlokTM Pollution containment device which is manufactured and installed by David Coleʼs team at Penstock Solutions. If you are sourcing a pollution containment device you should expect something that is capable of stopping a flow instantly, easy to instal, easy […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Are we getting better at water pollution prevention?
Are we getting better at water pollution prevention? Before I get started I should probably qualify the “we” in this question, there are clearly several “we’s” that we could be referring to. There is the “we” which is myself and the team at Sandfield Penstock Solutions, there is the “we” that is Industry, the “we” […]
Why we should all be concerned about water pollution.
Is it too obvious to state that all human life, all life, depends on clean water? Because water covers 70% of the planet, you would be forgiven for thinking that there will always be enough of it. The issue is that freshwater, the water we drink, clean ourselves with and, irrigate our farms with, is […]
What is a Pollution Control Penstock?
Pollution Control Penstock is a difficult term because, personally, I wouldn’t put the word Penstock in the same phrase with the words pollution control. A Penstock Valve is defined as a flow control device. When we talk about pollution control, we’re looking for something that is actually going to stop pollution, not just slow the […]
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 […]
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. […]
