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The
provision of clean, safe drinking water and the disposal of wastewater
and sewage in an environmentally benign manner are essential to the
success of development programmes around the world. These programmes
have too frequently failed to meet targets because the individual
projects have been implemented in isolation without due consideration of
the infrastructure to provide these services. Water supply and
sanitation form the basis for sustainable improvements in the health,
education and rural development sectors, which together form the
cornerstones of poverty alleviation and general social improvement
The
technical, financial and managerial skills, which have made Northumbrian
Water the UK’s leading company in drinking water quality and
wastewater management, are applicable to the development of these
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ULG
is able to apply its extensive project management expertise and community
mobilisation skills gained in over 30 years of experience in international
development consultancy with the professional skills of Northumbrian
Water.
ULG’s
services have focussed on institutional support in the water sector in
towns and rural communities in South America, the South Atlantic, southern
Africa and the Former Soviet Union. |
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Managing the Water Cycle
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ULG offers
consultancy services at every stage of the management of the water cycle
to facilitate the provision of efficient and cost-effective services.
Our expertise
covers collection, transfer, treatment and distribution networks. In the
disposal phase of the cycle, we have the skills required to comply with
the strictest environmental standards and the expertise of running
nearly 400 treatment works. |
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Regenerating the Environment
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The
North East of England is one of the original great industrial
centres of the UK and has suffered enormous environmental damage
over the years. With its head office in the heart of this region,
Northumbrian Water has been active in promoting substantial
remediation work. The River Tyne, the region’s main river, was
once one of the most polluted in the country. It is now one of the
best fishing rivers in England.
At
whatever scale, ULG provides the scientific and
engineering skills to help regenerate degraded environments. We can
plan and execute programmes of pollution control, trade effluent
management, interceptor systems and treatment works in order to
achieve this. |
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Managing Change
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years, the UK water industry has undergone dramatic change, taking a
collection of 80 separate water and sewage bodies through a number of
stages from public utility to a highly efficient privatised industry.
This has required Northumbrian Water to more closely match workforce
strengths to operational needs, changing entrenched working practices,
balancing internal and external services and marketing its products and
services in a competitive environment. This experience of institutional
change places the company in an ideal position to advise water and
sanitation enterprises around the world on the processes of change that
are required to meet increasing consumer expectations. The company has
recently completed long-term projects in Africa and South America and
has an on-going project in Ukraine assisting water authorities and
corporations to improve their managerial, technical and financial
capabilities, partly through exposing their key staff to our UK
operations. |
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Community Participation
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The provision of
water and sanitation services, particularly in those rural and peri-urban
communities where none existed or where an improved service is
required, must be planned with the full co-operation of the primary
stakeholders – the recipients of the services. Community involvement
generates the concept of ownership, which in turn leads to a more
secure framework within which to develop revenue collection systems and
consumer support services. ULG has placed due emphasis on
this aspect of water and sanitation development and is skilled in the
required disciplines, including gender issues, social structures, group
mobilisation and local authority liaison.
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Working with Industry
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The development of
industries creates water supply demands and effluent problems that are
distinct from domestic water and sanitation matters. ULG,
with its long experience of water supply and the collection, treatment
and disposal of industrial wastewater, is able to advise on the
provision of industrial quantities of water, and on effluent treatment processes, and to design,
engineer, finance and operate dedicated supply and disposal systems.
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