Waterways Ireland have produced an excellent video promoting their work in Green WIN at Richmond Harbour which is one of the sites selected by Waterways Ireland as part of the Green WIN project. Located on the Royal Canal in the Republic of Ireland, the pump at Richmond Harbour extracts water from the Camlin river to
A landmark moment was reached on Tuesday 14th June 2022 as Green WIN partners were finally able to meet up in person to witness pumps being tested in the custom-built test facility at the University de Liège. Joris Hardy from Liège designed the entire system and worked with colleagues from the University throughout the long
The World Canals Conference took place in Leipzig, Germany from 31 May to 3 June 2022 after an unwelcome break due to covid Speakers from 20 nations across 4 continents explained how waterways, tourism, regional development, flood and environmental protection and urban renewal can be efficiently promoted. Reflecting the ‘local’ picture, the main topic was TRANSFORMATION
In December 2021 and January 2022 there were an unprecedented number of fish deaths on a localised stretch of the Canal & River Trust’s Aire & Calder navigation at Knottingley. An investigation, led by the Trust’s environmental and fisheries teams, with the assistance of local freight operators, involved analysing silt and water samples taken from several
Ancient Monument, Modern Technology... The Kennet & Avon Canal (K&A) has some exceptional examples of canal engineering. Caen Hill is one of the longest continuous flight of locks in the country - a total of 29 locks with a rise of 237 feet over 2 miles with a 1 in 44 gradient. The 16 locks that form the steepest part of the
Level of Intervention: Context: Aim of the Experience: Description of the experience: At the start of May 2020, Canal & River Trust MEICA framework contractor Amco has installed new Hidrostal Submersible pumps at Tinsley Pumping Station near Sheffield. This is the first Green WIN funded pump to get to site in the United Kingdom. The
Level of Intervention: Plant level / pumping station AND System level (canal/water system) Context: Canal and River Trust owns and maintains 76 pumping stations throughout the canal network which either abstract water or transfer water (including back pumping) around the network. These pumping stations currently contain 122 individual pump sets. 25 of these pumps (33%)
Level of Intervention:Pump level AND Plant level / pumping stationContext:Canal and River Trust owns and maintains 76 pumping stations throughout the canal network which either abstract water or transfer water (including back pumping) around the network. These pumping stations currently contain 122 individual pump sets.25 of these pumps (33%) are used for water abstraction from
