As part of our commitment to health and safety Dales Water undertake various training courses throughout the year. With several staff taking a manual handling course in the Spring this week saw some of our drilling & maintenance team taking part in an onsite forklift training day. The course was provided by Livius Training and [...]
From time to time boreholes that have been drilled into chalk aquifers need to be either developed to increase performance or rehabilitated due to blockage by incrustations. One technique used to achieve this is acidisation whereby hydrochloric acid is used in large quantities to facilitate the removal of soft material from within the borehole and [...]
This position is now filled. Due to continued expansion we are looking to recruit either a full time or part time (dependant on the candidate and there availability) administration assistant, the initial appointment would be of 1 year duration with a view to this being permanent thereafter. Examples of the tasks involved are: Dealing with [...]
Dales Water Services were approached by a vegetable growing and washing farm based in North Lincolnshire that specialises in Asparagus and Shallots. Employing over 20 full time staff the operation is one of the largest asparagus producers in the UK and supplies to a range of supermarkets and grocers up and down the country. The [...]
Water is important but it's an expensive resource that is easily influenced by infrastructure and climate, often leaving the pig farmer with an expensive, inadequate supply that is restricted in times of good weather. Furthermore, we are all seeing our mains water bills go up with reports of mains water companies making substantial profits at [...]
On May 25th 242 runners took to the streets of Melmerby to take part in the Melmerby 10K road race. As mentioned in an earlier blog post we were sponsoring the race and providing all the bottled water for runners and spectators. Joe Barnett, Dales Water - Melmerby 10k - 50:38.8 The race [...]
We're pleased to announce that this year we are sponsoring the Melmerby 10k run which takes place on Sunday May 25th at 11.30am. As part of our sponsorship we have provided all the bottled water for participants in the race. This 10k race used to be part of the Yorkshire Dales Race Series and is [...]
It is our sad news to inform all our clients, friends, suppliers and those associated to Dales Water Services Ltd. that one of our founding directors, Chris Dodds, died on the 08th May at 10.20am. He was surrounded by his family and friends at the time of his death. Needless to say all at Dales [...]
In April we were asked to contribute to the widely read British Farmer & Grower magazine which is part of the National Farmer's Union. Our contribution, for the "Focus on: Renewable Energy" section, looked at how a borehole can benefit a farm to both reduce costs and increase efficiency. Using one of our customers as [...]
With several members of our team completing the National Water Hygiene Card Scheme in March this month our maintenance and drilling staff undertook the CIEH Level 2 Award in Manual Handling course. The course was run by Livius Training based in Ripon and this Chartered Institute of Environmental Health qualification has been designed for employees [...]