As featured in waterline Winter 2019-20 Review or not to review? A risk assessment story Colin Shekleton It only seems like yesterday that the fourth edition of the Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) and guidance on regulations L8 and its associated guidance and technical guidance was updated and published. Yet is was back in… Read more »

As featured in waterline Autumn 2019 CORROSION IN CLOSED HEATING AND CHILLED WATER SYSTEMS – CAUSES AND PREVENTION Phillip MunnMidland Corrosion Services Ltd. A paper containing useful information from the WMSoc Archive. Many of our papers are still relevant some years after being published.Anyone wishing to add information should write to the Waterline editorial team…. Read more »

As featured in waterline Summer 2019 Effective ‘Field Testing’ of Closed Water Systems Ian Penney – DTK Water Field based water testing of industrial water systems can’t really be considered fun or exciting and it’s certainly not glamourous. But field testing can detect problems in water quality quickly and accurately which can protect expensive plant… Read more »

As featured in waterline Spring 2019 What’s changed in the Legionella risk assessment standard? By David Fatscher, Head of Sustainability at BSI. Additional technical content by John V Lee, Leegionella Ltd Outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease continue to happen today. Recently, an apartment building in New York City saw 50 casualties and 2 fatalities, while in… Read more »

As featured in waterline Winter 2018-19 WMSoc Factsheets Rapid Microbiology Industry Liaison Group by Elise Maynard The Rapid Microbiology Industry Liaison Group (RMILG) is a sub-committee of the Water Management Society (WMSoc) Technical Committee. This group was formed in order to answer questions that had been asked by WMSoc members about certain new technologies but… Read more »

As featured in waterline Autumn 2018 Designing a solution(How do you design for a solution?) – Rebecca Platt WMSoc held a very successful “Designing Out” event in December 2017. In order to reach out and engage with architects and designers, we held a competition for design students. The winner was Becky Platt, from Sheffield Hallam… Read more »

As featured in waterline Summer 2018 Optimizing fluoride & arsenicremoval with gravity-drivensorption contacters by Caminos de Agua A summary of the current state of research and development of a low cost, field appropriate, globally replicable fluoride and arsenic treatment system using functionalized biochars and Bayoxide E33 BACKGROUNDThe Independence Aquifer in Central Mexico is in a… Read more »

As featured in waterline Spring 2018 The Dry Wet Cooler v Cooling Tower Question Colin Brown,Carter Environmental Engineers Waterline Guest Editors: this is a new feature that will hopefully introduce different topics into the pages of this journal. Colin Brown, a longstanding member of Council and the Chairman Elect, has taken on the the first… Read more »

As featured in waterline Spring 2018 Materials Of Construction of Evaporative Coolers & Condensers Colin Brown,Carter Environmental Engineers Taking into account the many considerations prospective duty holders have when deciding on the type of evaporative cooling and condenser equipment they should purchase, most will focus on how much will it cost to buy and will… Read more »

As featured in waterline Spring 2018 Evaporative Cooling Towers & Condensers and Working at Height Colin Brown,Carter Environmental Engineers Many years ago little thought was given to the implications of working at height whilst carrying out inspections and maintenance procedures on evaporative cooling equipment. There are many accounts which may cause shudders of disbelief with… Read more »