What is ISO 14001 and how does it pertain to water pollution prevention?

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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?

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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 […]

What is Environmental Permitting?

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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 […]

What is firewater containment?

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Everything you need to know about firewater containment  in under seven and a half minutes. If you prefer to read the transcript is below. What is Firewater Containment? (Transcription) Hello, my name is David Cole and I’m technical director of Sandfield Penstock Solutions and to day I’m gonna talk to you today about Firewater Containment.  […]

What constitutes a spill?

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Everything you need to know about what constitutes a spill in under seven minutes. If you prefer to read the transcript is below. What constitutes a spill? (Transcription) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJGvk3F_62c Hello, my name is David Cole, and I’m the Technical Director of Sandfield Penstock Solutions and today I’m going to talk to you about what constitutes […]

What is an Environmental Management System?

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Everything you need to know about Environmental Management Systems in less than six minutes. If you prefer to read the transcript is below. What is an Environmental Management System (EMS) Transcript Hi, my name is David Cole and I’m technical director of Sandfield Penstock solutions and I’m going to talk to you today about Environmental […]

Sewage or sewerage, water crises, attitudes to water in the UK and USA

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Sewage or sewerage, water crises, attitudes to water in the UK and USA  How do you address a universal challenge like water pollution, when the language isn’t universal? Penstock Solutions is a UK based company and all of the work that we have done to-date, all of the involvement that we have had in developing […]

What is Spill Control Automation?

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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 […]

What is the trouble with Penstock Valves?

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Everything you need to know about the trouble with Penstock Valves in about 9 minutes. If you prefer to read the transcript is below. What is the Trouble with Penstock Valves? (Transcript) Hello, my name’s David Cole and I’m Technical Director of Penstock Solutions and I’m here to talk to you today about the trouble with Penstock […]

What are pollution containment valves?

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Everything you need to know about pollution containment valves in about nine and a half minutes. If you prefer to read the transcript is below. What is a pollution containment valve? (Transcription) Hello, my name’s David Cole and I’m Technical Director at Sandfield Penstock Solutions. Today I’m going to talk to you about pollution containment […]