Thursday, 17 September 2020  Read all about it - Beating back Bacteria for the Italian Jobs In Italy, Milan-based Millars Products specialises in borehole rehabilitation and remediation, which includes the use of Geoquip’s BoreSaver range of water treatment solutions. |
Wednesday, 9 September 2020  The Beacon Project, a collaboration between Anglian Water, its Alliance (capital delivery) partners and WaterAid, is working to improve water supplies, sanitation and waste water management in the Nepalese town of Lahan, where less than half of the 98,000 strong population has access to piped water. The town only has one water treatment works and water is supplied from five boreholes via a network of pipes. Early on, the team discovered a problem with sand contamination. Product: Laval R-CAM 1000 XLT downhole camera system |
Tuesday, 25 August 2020  Darren Hughes runs D Hughes Well Drillers, specialising in drilling and installing boreholes throughout the UK, and he is also vice chairman of The Well Drillers Association. He purchased a dual view Laval R-CAM 1000 XLT borehole camera from Geoquip Water Solutions in 2019 and says: “It wins us a lot of work we wouldn’t normally get, usually because something has gone wrong and we need to get down there and identify the problem.” Product: Laval R-CAM 1000 XLT downhole camera system |
Wednesday, 22 July 2020  Read all about it - Test kits to speed up bacteria detection A simple testing kit is helping to speed up the application of water treatment solutions by detecting the different types of bacteria present in water pipelines and wells. By collecting a small water sample in a special testing vial, Biological Activity Reaction Test (BART) kits can identify the growth of iron-related bacteria, sulfate-reducing bacteria or slime-forming bacteria. |
Wednesday, 22 July 2020  Read all about it - Why the wrong type of iron nearly left a golf course under par When it comes to sporting facilities such as golf courses, staying on top of water management is essential. The Renaissance Club, a private members club with an 18-hole golf course situated on 300 acres of the famous golfing coastline on Scotland’s Firth of Forth, hosts events including the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Opens 2019 & 2020. Original drilling works, carried out when the course was constructed in the mid-2000s, had taken several attempts to find a borehole capable of producing the amount of water required, which meant reduction in flow was potentially a serious matter. |
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