Horsley Water Treatment Works Upgrade

Hi, everyone

First update of the new year. I've had some more problems with access due to a company change of email addresses but all is well now. I hope everybody enjoyed the festive break and you're all back wondering where it all went.

The Horsley project continues as it left off at the end of last year with good progress on all fronts interspersed with blips due to the weather. Mechanical instalaltion is ongoing to the Actiflo building and the Rapid Gravity Filters structure. Pipeline installation is continuing around the site, and some finishing works to the cladding to the Actiflo building is nearing completion. Adjacent to the Actiflo building, the Chemical building, which houses equipment which allows injection of treatment products into the raw water to begin the clarifying process (think finings in wine-making), is being prepared for storage tank bases to be constructed in reinforced concrete.

Reinforcement and formwork installation is continuing to the new Birney Hill Pumping Station walls at the south end of the site.

Whilst out on an evening stroll with my better half a couple of weeks ago I happened to look heavenwards and saw a row of three bright stars in what appeared to be a perfectly straight line. On returning home I checked out this marvel of the universe and discovered it to be "Orion's Belt". Apparently it's quite prominent during the month of January in the southern sky (best between 8 and 9 p.m.) in this locale. On a similar walk a couple of days later I was regaling my wife with my new-found astronomical knowledge, and urging her to gaze skywards, when I walked into a lighting column (When she'd said "Watch!" I thought she'd left her timepiece at home.). I then discovered a new constellation in the form of a pefect circle orbitting my rapidly-swelling napper. With a jaw like Desperate Dan, I'm now content with gazing at celestial bodies solely from a static position in the garden. Heed the warning - stick to Philately!

Enjoy the weekend

Geoff