When a new model of a car release on to the market, the competitors will get their hands on one and take it to pieces to see what new can be learned. We do the same with our competitors' reports. With bund integrity reports, we have recently been surprised at the...
As headlines about systemic racism and a coronavirus pandemic occupy the news, other significant events have been pushed to the back pages. Just a few months ago, images of 22,000 tonnes of oil spilling into the Arctic circle would have been major news. 16,500 tonnes...
Buncefield is an oil storage depot in Hertfordshire, England. In December 2005 an explosion occurred in one bund that led to a catastrophic fire. Contaminated firefighting water and tank contents leaked into the ground despite the site being bunded. This blog...
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY LTD. TO OFFER WELL PERFORMANCE TESTING FOR PROJECTS PURSUING THE WELL BUILDING STANDARD (Dublin, 20 November 2019) – Environmental Efficiency Ltd. is proud to announce that as a WELL Performance Testing Organization, it will now offer...
Sites with licences from the Irish EPA are required to have a bund integrity assessment every three years. The fact that there have been no incidents on the EPA incidence database caused by bund failure shows that the system of inspection is working well. The...
Buncefield is an oil storage depot in Hertfordshire, England. In December 2005 an explosion occurred in one bund that led to a catastrophic fire. Contaminated firefighting water and tank contents leaked into the ground despite the site being bunded. This blog...
I am involved in bund inspections in both the UK and Ireland and have been struck by the differences in the necessity for bunding, the test methods and the general construction standards. In the UK, the Oil Storage Regulations 2001 stipulate that bunding is required...
An oral hearing into the proposed abstraction of water from Lough Ennell to feed the Royal Canal has heard how 26km of canal are currently closed because of low water. The report in the Irish Times states that Lough Owel is normally used to fed both the canal and...
A recent survey by SMILE Resource Exchange revealed that 60% of respondents were unaware that the landfill levy is set to rise from €50/tonne to €65/tonne in July 2012 and to €75/tonne in June 2013. This will obviously increase costs again for business However, it is...
Evidence from the UK suggests that installing water meters will reduce consumption by around 10%. If the pattern were to be repeated here, then this reduction can be expected sometime after 2015, as the meters will not start to be installed until 2014. Given that...