Sludge Pumps
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Sludge pump hire has been agreed to help clean up a polluted Scottish river.
A stretch of water along the River Nith has been described as “running grey” after hundreds of gallons of sludge from an open cast mine in Kirkconnel contaminated it, reports the Dumfries & Galloway Standard.
Sludge pump hire may prove to be the answer to the growing global problem of water scarcity.
According to a new report published by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Lloyd’s 360 Risk Insight, the issue is to become increasingly important to the economy as the population grows and climate change occurs.
The sludge pump industry may be set to benefit from plans released by Thames Water.
Over the course of the next five years, the company is set to spend around 250 million on generating renewable energy through water and sewage flushings – a policy it has described as its “poo power” strategy.
Sludge pump hire may prove beneficial in one area of Scotland after an official involved in a project to build a new ‘eco town’ stated that some infrastructure issues, such as water and sewerage treatments, need to be dealt with.
The Hometown Foundation has launched a consultation period on the proposed construction of Owenstown, which is set to be home to around 20,000 people when it is completed.
The hiring of a new sludge pump is one measure that will be carried out as part of improvement work on a wastewater plant.
Tenders are being invited before April 8th 2010 for the contract to carry out the work on the facility in the conurbation of Heath, reports the Newark Advocate.
Demand for the hire of sludge pumps is likely to increase over the course of the next few years, it has been suggested.
According to a study carried out by Siemens, the market for water and wastewater treatment processes is expected to grow at five per cent per year between now and 2015.
A new sludge pump is to be sold to Connellsville Municipal Authority after the operation of the drive-shaft powering two primary sludge pumps broke down.
At the moment, a back-up pump is currently in operation but as this is ageing badly, an emergency purchase of a new sludge pump has been ratified, reports the Daily Courier.
Sludge pump sales look set to increase in the UK following news that Thames Water is to replace or upgrade around 1,000 km of its sewerage pipes.
The work is planned as part of a 4.9 billion investment programme by the company, which will see the organisation spending 1.7 billion on efforts to reduce the amount of storm sewage in the River Thames, as well as pumping money into improving five water sewage treatment plants.