November 2011

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Population growth, climate change and WFD implementation are creating issues, now and coming up on the horizon, and we know that our clients will be able to meet these challenges only by being innovative. 

What I find very encouraging is the willingness of the industry to embrace and fund innovation. Although this may be born out of necessity and circumstance, I think we are looking at very exciting times ahead. I am sure the rewards will outweigh the higher risks we will sometimes be forced to take.

Mark Smith
Managing Director

 Latest News

• United Utilities invite WRc to present at their "Food 4 Thought" session

• Yorkshire Water and WRc working together to tackle leakage   

• New project will present best practice for sewer grit recycling and management

• Work with the construction industry to reduce water consumption

• Supporting chemical regulation in Europe

• WRc and Oxford University collaborate on "Loadmon"

• €1m European contract win for WRc to support Water Framework Directive implementation

• Environment Agency study reviews Urban Pollution Management (UPM) standards

• New research on pesticide removal in water treatment

• Research changes government guidance for water treatment and manufacturing process

• New research on household meter location

• Collaborative project starts work towards intelligent networks

Events

• Drain Repair Course ,  1-2 November at WRc Swindon ,  WRc is holding a 2 day training course on how the Private Sewers Act impacts on the UK drainage industry.

• CIWEM: Climate and the Water Sector - Linking Adaption and Mitigation in Practice , 17 November. Mark Kowalski is chairing Session 2 and Dr Karen Murrell will present a paper on "The Future of Integrated Catchment Modelling to Meet Climate Change".

• CIWEM: Catchment Delivery - Towards More Effective Environmental and Societal Benefits , 23 November. Dr Bob Crabtree is chairing Session 3 at this conference which will describe major catchment scale initiatives and issues and how these can be drawn together into an approach that drives sustainable gains for the environment and society.

• UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG), 5 -7 December. Dan Mills will present a paper "Liberation of Spatial Data. The Case of Northern Ireland Water" at this event which is the largest that UK Oracle User runs for Oracle Technology & E-Business Suite communities.

• IUVA/WRc: IUVA Implementation and Trends , 7 December.  This  conference, organised jointly by WRc and IUVA, will  review the "Design and Operation of UV Plants for Disinfection and Advanced Oxidation Applications in the UK" and includes speakers from water utilities, consultants and the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI).

• CIWEM: Water Regulation, Legislation and the Periodic Review , 15 December. Dr Bob Crabtree is chairing Session 2 of this conference which outlines the major themes that will be developed over the next three years as the Future Price Limit process is taken forward.

Portfolio

Portfolio Collaborative Research - More Innovation in the UK   

Our business at WRc is to provide the skills, expertise and resources to support this innovation. For the past 25 years, the Portfolio programme has provided a unique, innovative and collaborative route to a wide range of solutions. 

In July we presented 14 new projects to the sector, many developed as a direct result of workshops held with our clients. This is well targeted research producing, in most cases, outputs that can be implemented immediately: projects that have just started are aimed at household meter location, intelligent networks, surface water separation, works operator training simulators, and private sewer transfers.

We have a continuous process of needs identification and project development but we can do better.  I would welcome any suggestions on how we can make this a more open process, and to make it better for you.

For more information, please contact ian.walker@wrcplc.co.uk   or check out the Portfolio website.

 Recruitment

Employing around 150 with expertise and skills in scientific, engineering and environmental fields, we have built our reputation by understanding customer needs and providing bespoke solutions to these. 

We currently have the following vacancies:

• Senior Engineer
• Graduate Civil Engineers 

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