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19th October 2007

Spotlight on water

Sixth form students at Hitchin Girls School got the chance to put the spotlight on local water company, Three Valleys Water, when they had a visit from Sally Howe from Three Valleys Water Public Relations Team. The GCSE ‘A’ level science group got an overview of the company and its future challenges as well as an insight into health and safety within the industry and the whole array of science involved in taking water from its source to the customer’s tap.

Alison Salmon, Biology Teacher at Hitchin Girls School said: “As a school community we are keen to promote a respect for and awareness of our local and global environment, water is an essential resource but one that’s easy to take forgranted. It was really interesting to hear directly from Three Valleys Water about the issues they face to manage the future supply/demand balance of water.”

“Our science students were able to see how the subjects they are taught in the classroom are used in real life business within areas such as the water treatment process, pumping water around the water mains network, construction of water storage facilities such as reservoirs and water towers and carrying out tests on water quality.”

If you would like a Three Valleys Water’ speaker to come along to your local group please contact Sue Lashley on 01707 277110.

Hitchin Girls School Sixth Form Students, Lauren McAllister, Rachel Leavy and Emily Naylor comparing old and new water pipes with Sally Howe, Three Valleys Water

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For further information please contact Public Relations, tel: 01707 277110, fax: 01707 277213, website: www.3valleys.co.uk

Note to Editors:

About us
Three Valleys Water has its own purpose-built Environment and Education Centre in Bushey, which opened in 1998. Its aim is to provide access to a site with a wealth of educational and environmental variety and to provide high quality education in an exciting and real environment.

To date over 50,000 young people have now either visited the centre or have used its resources. Further information about the work of the Education Support Team is available on www.3valleys.co.uk/education

Three Valleys Water has been supplying water to the local community for more than 130 years and is committed to delivering a high quality water service to all its customers . It now provides over 870 million litres of water each day to three million customers, in parts of Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Surrey, the London Boroughs of Harrow and Hillingdon and parts of the London Boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, and Enfield. The supply area covers a total of 3,700 square kilometres, stretching from Luton and Royston in the north to Guildford in the south, and from Berkhamsted in the west to Dunmow in the east.

Three Valleys Water is the UK’s largest water supply only company and is part of Veolia Water, the world leader in water and wastewater management. If you spot a leak call the Leakspotters hotline on 0800 376 5325 or use our online leakage form.