A steady water high quality monitoring undertaking has been the the winner within the ‘Air pollution Mitigation Initiative of the Yr’ class on the Water Business Awards.
Working in partnership with Meteor Communications, APEM Group managed a water high quality monitoring undertaking on the River Kent close to Kendal within the Lake District. The undertaking was carried out to assist make sure the safety of water high quality whereas handled water was discharged into the river by way of a brief outfall pipe at a brand new location, following the harm of the unique outfall by storm Desmond in 2015.
Hannah Austin, Divisional Director – Water Science, APEM Group, mentioned: “I’m immensely happy with the group that introduced this wonderful undertaking to life. It’s nice to see the tangible advantages to our rivers that monitoring information and evidence-led choice making carry. For APEM Group and our companions at Meteor Communications to be nationally recognised for this progressive work is a outstanding achievement.”
The WIA judges felt that APEM Group’s entry “stood out as each very related and progressive, whereas additionally presenting a optimistic message about air pollution mitigation.” They described it as “a scalable answer to reinforce air pollution management and meet future calls for, presenting vital advantages.”
A key aspect of the undertaking was the deployment of Meteor ESNET water high quality monitoring stations, put in and maintained by Meteor Communications to offer real-time water high quality information each upstream and downstream of the short-term outfall. Meteor’s Managing Director Matt Dibbs, who attended the awards ceremony, mentioned: “We have been delighted that the scalability of our water monitoring high quality monitoring options has been recognised as these techniques meet the river monitoring necessities of the Setting Act’s Part 82. This undertaking subsequently represents a blueprint for the massive variety of monitoring techniques that water corporations will set up within the upcoming AMP interval.”
Additional data on the Kendal undertaking is on the market at https://meteorcommunications.co.uk/news-views/
