Water and sewage-treatment company Wessex water, serving an area of the south-west of England, talks us through its groundwater management programme and rehabilitation efforts. Around half of Wessex’s region is classed as an area of outstanding natural beauty and with 75% of its water supplied through groundwater Wessex is very precious about its boreholes and how it manages them. They implemented a comprehensive borehole management system some years ago and every year refine the review process to ensure maximum efficiency but with minimum environmental impact.
This article describes Wessex’s problems with iron contamination and the borehole remediation work it has been doing with BoreSaver and Geoquip Water Solutions over the last four years.
Geoquip Water Solutions had yet another successful show at GEOFLUID in Italy earlier this month. Exhibiting with their partners, Millars Products from Italy and Laval Underground Surveys from the US, they were inundated with enquiries about BoreSaver's well rehabilitation and borehole cleaning treatments and the new SC-350, one of the Laval downhole camera systems.
In recent years there has been significant reorganisation in the Italian water sector to conform to the rules set out in the European Union Water Directive. Pollution control and the supply of clean water continues to be an important issue for the Italian government. This article looks at the work of Millars Products and Geoquip Water Solutions in helping Italian companies manage their supply of clean water including projects using hydraulic barriers and geothermal installations.
Rehabilitation of boreholes supplying water to manufacturing plant.
"Using BoreSaver had returned the borehole to its original condition with increased yield, reduced drawdown and reducing pumping costs."
Product: BoreSaver Ultra C
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