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30th April 2008

'Tree'mendous job

Three Valleys Water joined the London Borough of Barnet’s Arboricultural team to plant four new trees along Avion Cresent, Mill Hill to green-up the traffic island following a burst water main.

While most of us were enjoying the taste of turkey on Christmas Day, a team from Three Valleys Water were out dealing with a burst 16 inch water main in Avion Crescent, Mill Hill. The escaping water was turned off and preparations started for the repair. Unfortunately the old water pipe ran straight underneath and through the roots of a 30 year old London plane tree.

Eddie Owen, Three Valleys Water Network Technical Manager said: “When carrying out our works we aim to minimise disruption and take into account environmental concerns; often this can mean employing an environmental specialist to ensure that we avoid laying our water mains near large trees or even hand-digging to avoid roots. In this instance the water main had been laid well before the tree was planted and unfortunately we had to work with the London Borough of Barnet’s Arboricultural team to remove the tree so that we could carry out the repair.”

“We’re pleased that we could donate four new trees and hope that the local community and passers by will benefit.”

Photo: Calvin Woolman, Mark Lovejoy and Eddie Freed, Gristwood and Toms Tree Management join Carole Symes, Three Valleys Water to get digging

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

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About us
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.