Last week we were tweeted by Martin Preene of Preene Groundwater Consulting about a job we worked on almost 30 years ago. Martin had dug out a picture from a job at RAF Leeming in 1987 where Dales Water Services drilled two boreholes. The pictures showcase some of our old rigs mounted on Bedford army [...]
In March 2015 we attended the Help with Private Water Supplies seminar at the Thirsk Rural Business Centre. The free event was put on to offer advice to people who get their water supply from a spring, stream, well or a borehole which is very common in and around the Yorkshire Dales. Business owners, a [...]
In early March we completed a brand new borehole installation at an education and children’s residential centre in the North East of England. The new borehole system takes advantage of two e.syboxes in an e.sytwin setup, has a water treatment system and was installed as part of large development incorporating two residential homes and a [...]
Dales Water will be attending a special 'Help with Private Water Supplies' seminar at the Thirsk Rural Business Centre at the town’s Auction Mart, from 10am – 4pm on Monday 16th of March 2015. The event is free and it has been put together to offer advice to people who get their water supply from [...]
In certain industries a higher specification borehole installation maybe required to ensure a business can operate successfully and profitably. This can be for a number of reasons such as the need to comply with government regulations, to ensure that final product (of which water helped produce) meets the required quality standards, the need to reduce [...]
Over the Christmas period our maintenance team responded to an emergency call out from a site in the North of England. The entire water supply had failed meaning no water was being delivered from the borehole. The site in question runs entirely on a private water supply and should they have to switch onto a [...]
Health and safety plays a big part in the way we do things at Dales Water and one area we pay a lot of attention to is the protective equipment worn and used by our staff working on drilling sites throughout the UK. A number of our recent projects have required specialist PPE due to [...]
We're delighted to announce the appointment of a new Administration Assistant, Karen Ellis, who will be based at our recently refurbished Melmerby Head Office full time. Karen has a background working in Human Resources and in her new role she will primarily be helping the management team, dealing with telephone calls, customer queries and liaising [...]
In early November we updated the Dales Water blog with Part 1 of a domestic borehole refurbishment project which you can read about here. We’re pleased to announce the project is now complete and the refurbished borehole is fully up and running. Background on the Project The site in question had an old borehole drilled [...]
We recently received an enquiry regarding a newly refurbished shopping centre in the South of England. The building houses a number of retail outlets but also hosts a selection of restaurants, casual eateries and coffee shops that use water in reasonably large quantities. Due to its location and how mains supply was delivered to the [...]