Research into Burst Water Mains
Tuesday 18 October 2011
The Division is delighted to announce that Thames Water and EPSRC IDC are jointly funding a research grant of nearly £1.25m. The grant has been awarded to researchers in both Mechanical Medical and Aerospace (MMA) Engineering and Civil Chemical and Environmental (CCE) Engineering.
Thames Water and the University of Surrey have recently signed a 54 month research contract to improve TW’s knowledge and abilities in the area of trunk burst prediction and methods of mitigation. Moving forward, such improvements will assist in minimising the occurrence of bursts and their impacts.
Joining the research team at the University will be two PDRAs and a PhD student, whilst a Research Engineer (RE) from each IDC – MiNMaT and SEES – will be based at Thames Water.