On stream for utilities safety

While Thames Water PLC conducts 500,000 annual regular tests for the drinking quality of its supplies, CLM begins the safety compliance tests of portable electric appliances used by employees throughout 114 sites this year.

However, half of the sites for the team to conduct the routine electrical safety tests are sewage treatment works, accrding to Dan Childs who manages the account with the FM contractor Mitie from CLM’s new London HQ.

The sewage treatment works to be tested in the Newham area of Beckton is the largest in Europe, which has been developed with micro-renewable technology in the shape of a sludge powered generator of ‘green’ electricity seen in the photo.

The daily sewage processed there from 3.4 million Londoners generates enough clean eco-electricity to power over 7,000 homes every year.

CLM’s engineers have tested the safety of fixed wiring for some of those homes recently within the stock of Merton Council and Thames Valley Housing.