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H20 were approached by the owner of a large holiday and leisure park in Rhyl, having audited the water and waste water bills, H2o concluded a substantial water loss was occurring some 48,000m3 with a unaccounted money loss of £125,000 per annum.

Action taken:

H2o downloaded visual flow – profiles from a data logger fitted to the water companies main water meter feeding the site, the continual base load at 4 a.m. was 5.5m3 per hour.  H2o leak detection experts were dispatched to site in order to carry out extensive leak detection to above and below ground water services.  Having spent many days on site, using Aqua Phones and LNC (leak noise correlation) kit, the water leak detection team put together a schedule identifying several underground water leaks, the leak repairs  were costed and approved by the client.

H20 then dispatched repair crews to site, excavated and repaired the leaking pipework underground, most of the water leaks were due to the use of incorrect fittings installed underground and broken joints.

Upon completion, over several months further water leak detection and repairs were completed, resulting in annual savings of £120,000 per annum.

Further historical auditing of water bills was undertaken by H20 auditors, identifying further annual savings of £10,000 per annum and after over 1 year of negotiations with the water company, H20 produced refunds of £75,000.

A spokesman for H2o Graham Mann, who is a Senior Partner of the firm said “This is another fine example of putting our 25 years experience to good use, producing fantastic year on year savings, negotiating substantial refunds and saving over 9 million gallons of drinking water going to waste in leakage, that is enough water for nearly 450 average families over 1 year”.

Water cost reduction consultants  H²O Building Services  have been appointed to reduce the water and waste water charges for all 15 Pools and Fitness Clubs throughout the UK.

H²O will be examining / auditing water charges, tariffs, auditing previous water and sewerage bills, checking for over-charges, carrying out site surveys and submitting reports containing recommendations for reducing water and waste water costs.

A spokesman for H²O water consultants says ” We are delighted at the appointment, the project will be managed by Senior Partner Graham Mann who has over 25 years experience of reducing water costs for numerous Hotel and Leisure Companies. We look forward to a long successful business association with Greens Health and Fitness”.

Water

Water will be considered and managed as a precious resource, the design of all new health care facilities will include the most efficient technology. Reporting on water use will provide an important part of each NSH organisations own sustainability reporting.

In 2007 – 2008 the NHS in England consumed an estimated 38.8 million cubic metres of water and generated approximately 26.3 million cubic metres of sewerage at a cost of approximately £ 145 million.

Whilst many people think that England has an abundance of water there is actually less water available per person here than in many other European countries. Poor management of water costs the NHS money that could be used for direct patient care and the management, distribution and disposal of water produces carbon which contributes to the overall carbon footprint of the NHS. Using water generates carbon mainly through heating for hot water but also through the energy required to pump water to get it to our taps.

NHS organisations should refer to the Department of Health guidance in HTM 07-04 ‘Water management and water efficiency’ in managing water within the exiting operational estate or commissioning new build or refurbishments of sites.

There are four main aspects of water use that NHS organisations should address: -

1) Measuring, monitoring and reporting on water consumption.

2) Improving efficiency of use.

3) Reducing leakages.

4) Avoiding the use of bottled water.

Low carbon building developments must include the best possible efficiency of water use in the design stage, well before a building is constructed. Potential water use needs to be considered as part of improved building energy use and measured effectively, like all resources it should be valued and used wisely. Water is a contributor to the carbon footprint of the NHS and currently is not metered or measured consistently.

Hot water production is carbon intensive, the DH Estates and Facilities Division and DEFRA are in the process of developing water efficiency measured for the NHS, this include specific studies to investigate how hot water use can be reduced without compromising the standard of health care delivered.

NHS organisation should adopt a policy of using only bottled tap water for meetings or gathering on their sites rather than buying in bottled spring water, it takes energy, transport and many litres of water to produce a half litre bottle of sping water.

leakages always need urgent attention as they can often remain undetected for long periods wasting huge volumes of water and therefore money, across the country over 10% of all water is lost through leakages once it has left the water suppliers infrastructure.

FOR ASSISTANCE IN REDUCING YOUR WATER CHARGES CONTACT H2O BUILDING SERVICES ON 01924 387873  graham.mann@h2obuildingservices.co.uk WE WORK NATIONALLY.