Articles Impact of floods, hurricanes and storms What happens to the water network in the wake of hurricanes and floods? Just days after Hurricane Harvey dumped over 50 inches of rain on the American state of Texas causing the deaths of 60 people and delivering billions of […] Continue Reading
Partnerships & Alliances Understanding the wastewater network Leading flood and pollution prevention specialists, Detectronic, have teamed up with global water, energy and maintenance solutions providers, NCH Chem-Aqua, to help a Yorkshire-based brewery better understand their wastewater network. The brewery approached NCH Chem-Aqua with a view to saving […] Continue Reading
Articles Switching your water supplier – is it easy? Pt2 By Phill Tuxford Technical Support Manager Following on from part one, this is the second part in our investigation into just how easy it is to switch your water supplier. In March 2017, we began our own internal project to […] Continue Reading
Interviews An interview with Dave Walker on how Detectronic is helping water companies achieve their ODIs Outcome Delivery Incentives, ODIs for short, are one of the many buzzwords in the UK water industry. With set ODI targets for issues such as pollution incidents, leakage and sewer flooding, UK water companies are tasked with demonstrating how they’ve […] Continue Reading
Partnerships & Alliances Providing Smart Networking in Cyprus Working in partnership with their Greek agent, Metrica, flood and pollution prevention specialists, Detectronic, are set to provide smart network monitoring for the Sewerage Board of Limassol-Amathus (SBLA) in Cyprus. After winning a contract from SBLA in which Metrica specified […] Continue Reading
Articles Can storms benefit the sewer network? By Kat Hargreaves Data Centre team leader and analyst Over the last six months, we have experienced five separate named storm events here in the UK: Angus: November 2016 – Max. rainfall: 97.3mm/hr Barbara: December 2016 – Max. rainfall: 13.2mm/hr […] Continue Reading
Other News Charitable appointment for Dave Walker We’re delighted to announce that our commercial director, Dave Walker, has been appointed to the board of trustees at the Lea Brook Valley Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). The Lea Brook Valley project applied for, and gained, charitable status due to […] Continue Reading
Partnerships & Alliances South West Water invests in 50 more flow meters South West Water, one of Detectronic’s longest standing clients, have purchased 50 brand new MSFM Flow Meters in order to further enhance the efficiency of their network monitoring capabilities. Explains Dave Walker, commercial director at Detectronic: “We have worked with […] Continue Reading
Articles Switching your water supplier – how easy is it? PART 1: By Phill Tuxford April 2017 signalled a commercial first in the UK water industry with businesses and organisations being given the opportunity to pick and choose their water supplier. The retail water market is worth approx. £2.5 billion […] Continue Reading
Partnerships & Alliances HS2 flow monitoring project with NHTB Flood and pollution prevention experts, Detectronic, are partnering with Hertfordshire-based civil engineers, NHTB Consultancy, to deliver a flow monitoring survey for Thames Water in a number of sewers on the proposed HS2 line around Euston in London. As part of […] Continue Reading
Articles Don’t let raw ingredients go to waste Managing trade effluent No good comes from failing to control the bad stuff; many companies are unaware of the environmental damage and big fines they will face if site effluent is not disposed of appropriately. In this article, Dave Walker, […] Continue Reading
Partnerships & Alliances Partnership to create new flow monitors We have an exciting new flow measurement system due for launch shortly which is the result of a joint development project, integrating the very best elements of a water quality monitoring system with Detectronic’s unrivalled experience of ultrasonic flow measurement and […] Continue Reading
Other News Detectronic’s Ceilidh Dance for Water Aid Continuing its long-standing support of WaterAid, Detectronic has taken part in a Ceilidh Dance and donated a raffle prize to raise funds for the Sheffield branch of the charity. Our commercial director and his family attended the ceilidh held at […] Continue Reading
Recruitment and careers Detectronic’s £20,000 investment in R&D Colne-based flood and pollution prevention specialists, Detectronic, have invested £20,000 in further enhancing their research & development capabilities. The company has purchased a state-of-the-art 3D printer and scanner to accelerate the turnaround of pre-production samples for a new range of […] Continue Reading
Partnerships & Alliances Ribble Rivers Trust gets the data they need Last summer, we chose to support the Ribble Rivers Trust by providing monitoring equipment for the organisation’s ‘Ribble Life Together’ Heritage Lottery Fund project. The project’s aim is to create a healthier water environment for the benefit of everyone within […] Continue Reading