THE WELSH AREA INNOVATIONS AWARDS 2014
Great entertainment, good food and excellent quality innovations were the order of the evening at this year’s Institute of Water Welsh Area Innovations Awards, which took place on 20 November at the Swalec Stadium in Cardiff. The ceremony was hosted by the Institute’s Welsh Area President, Marc Davies, Head of Water Production for Dwr Cymru. This year the compere for the evening was actor/writer Steve Speirs. Steve has starred in Hollywood blockbuster films such as Pirates of the Caribbean, the comedy series of Big School, Extras with Ricky Gervais as well as the Welsh sitcom Stella, as the popular character Big Al.
The following winners collected their awards in the six categories:
Category
Winner
Project
Environment
Rob Pennant-Jones – Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Lam Team
Listening to Our Customers for Environmental Improvements
Engineering Solutions
Sophie Straiton – Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Technology Development Team, Isle Utilities, Celtic Process Control And LG Sound
Ultrasonic Algae Removal
Technological Advances
Dave Lowe/James Williams – Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Captal Delivery Automation Team
PLC/SCADA Tag Database (TagDB)
People/Customer Service
Dominic Scott/Nicola Price – Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Stop The Block Team
“Let’s Stop The Block” Campaign
Idea Award
Phillipa Pearson – Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
The Grass is Greener on the other Pesticide
Chairman's Award
Ian Yates/Greg Sullivan – Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Duplex Pressure Relief Valves (PRV) on Surge Vessels
Chris Walters, a Wastewater Assets Engineer with Dwr Cymru Welsh Water won the Welsh Area CPD Award. The Institute of Water also welcomed guests from The Institute of Water Area Forum and representatives from WaterAid to the ceremony where Dwr Cymru’s
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Almost 300 guests attended the prestigious event, organised by the Institute of Water’s Innovation Awards sub-committee, to recognise, reward and celebrate the innovative achievements of the award winners and finalists from across the Institute of Water’s Welsh Area.
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CEO Chris Jones and WaterAid’s Lydia Zigomo presented the Outstanding Individual and Team Award to David Padfield and Dwr Cymru’s Education Team respectively. £2137 was raised for WaterAid on the night. Congratulations to all the winners.