Saturday 11 June 2011

Cheaper Septic Tank Emptying Costs

The rise in fuel prices and the costs involved in disposing of waste have all contributed to the general rise in getting your septic tank emptied, there is however a way for home owners to bring down the cost according to the editors at www.septictankman.com 

Block booking (pun intended) is the way forward, if you and your neighbours can agree to have your tanks emptied on the same day this saves the contractor fuel costs and gives you some bartering power, the more households involved the more discount available.

A similar policy is paying off around the UK as communities get together through social networking, parish councils etc and bulk buy their fuel oil.

Garry Moody from www.septictankman.com explains there are even greater savings to be made as more contractors are now using de-watering tankers, these machines empty your septic tank, separate the waste from the water before pumping the water back into the tank.

This means that the contractor is not unnecessarily carrying and tipping large volumes of water, the savings made can be passed onto the customer and these savings increase if multiple emptying can take place in one visit.

Visit www.septictankman.com for more information

Monday 6 June 2011

City of Bristol College Use Draindomain.Com Content

Content from www.draindomain.com is being used  by the City of Bristol College as part of their Transport Technology Faculty.


College lecturer David Duckett said "I teach on motor vehicle subjects ranging from school children to adults including many transport managers, a topic common to most of the qualifications is the impact transport makes on the environment. One aspect of that is interceptors and how they work and the DrainDomain.Com website has some of the best diagrams of interceptors I have seen".


Steve Piron from www.draindomain.com added "This is not the first time content from the site has been sourced for educational purposes, in 2009 images were requested by a plumbing lecturer for a national publication and we have had many requests for the use of content for in-house training programmes within the drainage industry".



Sunday 5 June 2011

Wolves boss in £87K marathon run

Wolverhampton Wanderers Chairman Steve Morgan has raised an incredible £87,000 for the international charity WaterAid, by running the London Marathon last month.

Despite suffering a hamstring strain setback just two weeks before, Steve enlisted help from Wolves' medical department to complete the exhausting 26.2 miles in four hours 53 minutes.

The 58-year-old was inspired to run the London Marathon for WaterAid after seeing first-hand what life is like without access to clean water, when he visited Rwanda with the charity in November. "The marathon was tough, but nothing compared to what I saw in Rwanda," he explained.

"The country has moved on a great deal since the 1994 genocide, but a huge issue that remains is child mortality. In Africa, one in five children doesn't make it to their fifth birthday because of diseases caused by unclean water and lack of sanitation."

"We're absolutely thrilled to have raised such a fantastic amount for WaterAid and we'd like to thank everyone who sponsored us, including many Wolves fans who have been magnificent."

The Wolves boss was joined by his friend and colleague, Dave Edwards, for the marathon who also contributed to the immense fundraising effort. With Steve matching all sponsorship pound for pound, the fundraising total of £36,271 has increased to £72,542 – reaching £87,000 with pledges and Gift Aid.


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