We were recently contacted by the BBC's Radio 5 live programme 'On The Money' enquiring if the lack of consistent rainfall (drought) over the last two or three years had affected our business, the type of client that requires our borehole drilling and complete private water supply management services, and in general how business was [...]
One of the founding directors Eric is perhaps one of the area’s, if not the country’s leading authorities on borehole and surface pumping water systems. Having a keen interest in spring water supply Eric also is well respected for his design and specifications when it comes to delivering spring water and water treatment systems often designing [...]
An abstraction licence in England and Wales is a licence to abstract a controlled water (surface water or groundwater) where you plan to abstract more than 20m3/day (4,400 gallons). Where you plan to abstract less than 20m3/day no abstraction licence is required and no application has to be made to the Environment Agency. In Scotland [...]
Drought conditions are now being reported in all but the most northerly and westerly of counties of England the BBC are reporting. Their most recent article on the drought situation, what a drought is and what the consequences are, can be seen here. The consequences of drought can indeed be very dire on both the environment [...]
The decision to go onto a private water supply, either a spring or borehole is either a financially led, a water pressure led decision or because mains water simply isn’t available. In the former case the decision to investigate a private water supply is so that it saves you money. We are quite often asked [...]
During the spring and summer we all know we get less rainfall (we’ll other than when we get typical British Summers!!) Consequently water becomes scarcer and the groundwater table becomes lower. We are all currently being told in the press that we are suffering from a drought and that it is to continue throughout this [...]
It's National Groundwater Awareness Week - Borehole construction and the effect on groundwater This week is the US National Groundwater Awareness Week but we are promoting it here in the UK this week to and will be informing our customers and suppliers when they call and e-mail us. Today on our news section, and in [...]
It's National Groundwater Awareness Week - Groundwater in water scarce areas of the world This week is the US National Groundwater Awareness Week but we are promoting it here in the UK this week to and will be informing our customers and suppliers when they call and e-mail us. Today on our news section of [...]
Its National Groundwater Awareness Week - how important is the water beneath your feet? It’s very important! This week is the US National Groundwater Awareness Week but we are promoting it here in the UK this week to and will be informing our customers and suppliers when they call and e-mail us. Today on our [...]
Next week (11th to the 17th of March 2012) is the United States National Ground Water Awareness Week! As far as we are aware we don't have such a week here in the UK but as far as we're concerned we should and we'll be championing groundwater awareness right through next week whilst the United States [...]