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News Archive 2008

This news archive contains news releases issued by WRc during the past twelve months.

December 2008

• WRc's response to the Review of Household Charging for Water & Sewerage Services

November 2008

• WRc carries out trials to confirm the performance of stannous chloride for plumbsolvency control
• Water companies and the Environment Agency to use WRc's 'Identiflow®' micro-component analysis software in water efficiency study

September 2008

• WRc release new STORMPAC 4.0 software
• WRc's response to Ofwat's consultation on future water efficiency targets
• WRc's's further response to the Cave review of competition and innovation in water markets: a call for evidence
• New edition of Self Lay Code of Practice for England and Wales
• New premises for Sahara® Pipeline Inspection
• WRc and PR09
• Sahara® surveys commissioned by United Utilities Water Plc
• Carbon Abatement Economic Model developed for Thames Water
• Revised Sewerage Risk Management launched
• Sahara® Pipeline Inspection to help Thames Water tackle leakage.
  

August 2008

• WRc is commissioned to further develop a water resources database for the Environment Agency
• UK water Industry moves forward to establish a protocol for testing of disposable sanitary products
• WRc's response to Defra consultation on the enforcement of REACH in the UK
• WRc's response to the Cave review of competition and innovation in water markets: a call for evidence
• WRc's further response to the Cave Review of competition and innovation in water markets - an approach to modelling and determing the access price.

July 2008

• SNIFFER appoints WRc to review the legislative requirements and responsibilities relating to on-site wastewater treatment systems and their impact on water quality.
• WRc is helping the Environment Agency to examine ways to enhance NetRegs awareness amongst Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
• WRc's response to the Defra consultation on Transposition of Article 6 of the Groundwater Directive

June 2008

• New Chairman for Water Industry Flow Club
• WRc Sahara® has won a £110,000 contract with SNC Lavalin based in Algeria
• WRc completes TR61 Version 9 software
• WRc awarded contract for 6th year to support implementation of the Water Framework Directive
• WRc conducts research on behalf of SNIFFER aimed at improving the understanding of the relationship between regulatory inspections and compliance

May 2008

• NCET gains REACHReady approved supplier status
• WRc's operator training tools using process modelling software
• New Sahara licensee in Columbia
• WRc's collaborative Portfolio project CP310 "energy benchmarking"
• Intelligent metering initiative
• WRc helps Defra develop a UK marine monitoring protocols database
• WRc plays a key role in the implementation of the Traffic Management Act
• Setting leakage targets in Lisbon
• WRc release new version of Aardvark software
• WRc’s National Food Waste Programme is developing a sustainability assessment on the disposal of food waste via sewer.
• New research - delivering smarter ways of doing things to save money or improve service levels lies at the heart of Portfolio.

April 2008

• WRc's response to the Defra consultation on options for controls on phosphates in domestic laundry cleaning products in England
• WRc's response to the Defra consultation on Improving Surface Water Drainage.
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• WRc's response to interim conclusions of The Pitt Review report

March 2008

• Modern Water agrees to w ork with WRc for mutual business benefit

January 2008

• WRc's asset management team develop and apply a cost benefit framework and tool for the UKWIR project WW13
• WRc sponsors Infrastructure Asset Management (20 -21 February 2008)
• WRc complete collaborative project (CP281) "using dissolved oxygen to provide new information about water quality in networks
• WRc has been commissioned by Defra to develop a new UK marine monitoring manual to support the United Kingdom Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy (UKMMAS)
• WRc provides expert scientific support to Defra's 'world class' benefits assessment study
• WRc completes a report for Defra on the south west pilot plant scheme on water affordability
• WRc contributing to SUDS debate
• Adoptable sustainable drainage systems (SUDS) now included in Sewers for Scotland 2nd Edition
• WRc Portfolio CP329 project “specification and maintenance of geocellular underground SUDS storage systems”
• WRc assists the Ministry of House and Urban Development in Egypt
• WRc awards licence for Sahara® to EMDEPA and their subsidiary Sahara® Ingenieria s.a
• WRc Sahara® wins contract with SNC Lavalin, Algeria
• The WRc FOG project has now entered the final year of its 3 year programme
• Strategic direction statements

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