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CIWEM E-News – August 2004
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The following issues are covered in this edition of the newsletter:
1. New Autumn CIWEM Conferences Booking Now!
2. RSPB/CIWEM Living Wetland’s Award – Call for Entries!
3. CIWEM Members Selected for Science Council Policy Groups
4. Society for the Environment admits the Institution of Chemical Engineers to Membership
5. Technical Panels Update
6. Consultations
7. CIWEM Conferences
8. Meeting Room Available for Hire at CIWEM
9. Events for New Members
10. Queen’s Honours - Erratum
11. Air Pollution Information System (APIS)
12. In Brief
13. Standing Conference on Stormwater Source control – September 2004
14. Masterclass on Spray Technology for Agriculture and Horticulture Theory and Practice
15. Accelerating Sustainable Development – November 2004
16. Regulation for Environmental Protection – January 2005
17. Yacht – The Engineering Recruitment Experts
18. Join CIWEM
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1. New Autumn CIWEM Conferences Booking Now!
A number of important CIWEM conferences running this Autumn are now available for booking. These include:
Making space for water: Towards a new Government Strategy for Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management in England
October 20, 2004, SOAS, London
A Strategy for Flood and Coastal Defence was last published in 1993 and now needs revising.
Over the last year or so, Defra has led Government work towards developing a new strategy for flood and coastal erosion risk management in England that:
- Provides the strategic direction for the next ten to twenty years, with commitments to review progress regularly and to set issues in the context of the longer term.
- Looks wider than flooding from rivers and the sea to consider all aspects of flood and coastal erosion risk management, taking a holistic approach.
- Sets flood and coastal erosion risk management firmly in the context of Defra’s aim of sustainable development.
- Looks at a broad range of drivers for change including climate change and planning and development pressures.
Partners across Government departments and agencies, associations and stakeholder groups have already been engaged in this strategy development exercise. The Government launched a public consultation exercise on 29 July 2004 in order to seek views on the proposals from as many different stakeholders as possible (to download the consultation paper go to: http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/waterspace/index.htm).
Many of the issues raised in the consultation document and proposals for this new strategy will be of interest and significance to a wide range of policy-makers, deliverers and other interested parties. This conference falls towards the end of the consultation exercise. It aims to provide a forum for a broad range of stakeholders to debate key sets of issues raised in the consultation document, in order to raise awareness, promote understanding and work towards consensus.
For further details please contact Bob Earll, CMS
Tel: 01531 890415 Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk
Or to download the brochure and booking form for the conference please go to http://www.ciwem.com/events/Making_Space_for_Water_Programme.pdf
Integrating Land-use and Water in Practice
Linking Surface and Groundwaters: Developing Priorities and Long-term Vision
November 10th 2004,SOAS, London
The traditional way we have viewed water management – in compartmental boxes – has tended to fly in the face of our basic understanding of the water cycle and its linkage with how we manage the land. Principles like sustainability and ecosystem approach are forcing us to both think and act in a more integrated and holistic way. The Water Framework Directive, with its emphasis on healthy aquatic ecosystems as a measure of a healthy overall environment, is providing a new legislative driver forcing us to take a more integrated view than hitherto. Of considerable concern, however, is the growing evidence of a range of closely inter-related issues that are going to be both highly damaging and very expensive to resolve unless action is taken in a timely way. Unless we understand the systems and processes that influence the levels, the flows and the pollutant fluxes that influence the aquatic ecosystem, we will not be able to manage the land effectively to address the major pressures, such as diffuse pollution and unsustainable abstraction. The meeting will deliberately take a holistic view of this problem but place the importance of groundwaters centre stage, rather than where they have been unacknowledged and undervalued.
The conference is timely. Government is currently consulting on catchment sensitive farming with particular regard to the issues of diffuse pollution from nutrients. A listing of some of the key factors shows how many of the aspects are linked: land use and fertilisers, CAP reform, diffuse pollution (who pays?), eutrophication of surface waters, biodiversity threats from degraded SSSI rivers, and long-term contamination of groundwaters, health risk, treatment costs, long-term investment by the water companies, water pricing, periodic review etc. The solutions need to be joined-up (over Government and sectors) and consistent over time.
The aim of this event is to highlight the challenges we face, the integrated nature of that challenge and then the question of whether this response is adequate to meet the threats.
For further details please contact Bob Earll, CMS
Tel: 01531 890415 Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk
Or to read the conference brochure and booking form please go to
http://www.ciwem.com/about/Groundwater_Programme_Eversion.pdf
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2. RSPB/CIWEM Living Wetlands Award 2005 – Call for Entries!
RSPB and CIWEM are calling for entries for the 2005 Living Wetlands Award. The prestigious Award was established in 2003 by the two organisations to recognise and reward projects that demonstrate the multiple functions and sustainable use of wetland habitats.
The prize includes a bronze trophy of a snipe (the Mance Memorial Trophy) and £1,500 to enhance the winning scheme’s impact, and the closing date for entries is 30 November 2004. See http://www.ciwem.com/awards/ for Award guidelines and full details of entry criteria.
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3. CIWEM Members Selected for Science Council Policy Groups
C. Brian Buckley has been selected to represent the Institution on the Science Councils Science in Health Policy Group. Brian is currently an independent consultant working as a special risk assessor in the UK/USA water industry. Prior to this he was Chief Scientist for South West Water and was Chair of the CIWEM Water Supply and Quality Panel for many years.
The Science in Health Group will endeavour to promote the public awareness of the benefits to be gained from the effective use of science in the improvement of health and respond to major issues relating to health, particularly those raised by the Department of Health, Department of Education and Employment, and the Department of Trade and Industry/Office of Science and Technology.
Terry O’Flynn has also been selected to represent the Institution on the Science in Society Subgroup. Terry has been an Environmental Scientist for 32 years and has been involved in the design and operation of water, sewage and industrial wastewater plants. Additionally he has worked with Queens University, Belfast on training programmes and process R&D. For the past 12 years he has been operating as an environmental consultant.
The Science in Society Group will be addressing policies, strategies and activities in public engagement, encompassing issues relating both to people’s ability to exercise appropriate choices in a democratic society as well as the role of science as part of our culture and of our economy.
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4. Society for the Environment admits the Institution of Chemical Engineers to Membership
The Society for the Environment (SocEnv) has admitted (1st July 2004) its latest professional body as a full member: the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). The IChemE becomes the 12th professional body to be admitted to SocEnv, and is now applying for the SocEnv licence to enable the issuing of the new Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) qualification to its members, which it anticipates being able to award from September. CEnv is the pre-eminent professional qualification and recognition of excellence for environmental professionals.
The Society for the Environment was established in 2000, and aspires to be the leading and co-ordinating umbrella body in environmental matters and a pre-eminent champion of a sustainable environment. Its membership now comprises twelve leading environmental institutions and learned societies (known as “Constituent Bodies”). Each full member may apply to be licensed to grant the new qualification of CEnv to their appropriately qualified individual members. Between them the Constituent Bodies have individual memberships comprising over 125,000 practitioners.
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5. Technical Panels Update
Waste Management
CIWEM’s Waste Management Panel met in July and continued the development of a number of Policy Position Statements including Composting, Mechanical Biological Treatment of Waste, and Recycling. Discussions were also ongoing regarding a proposed conference on Innovations in Waste Management which is scheduled for February 2005 in Leeds. Other issues that were discussed included the present hazardous waste situation, waste acceptance criteria and fly tipping.
For further information about the work of CIWEM’s Panels please visit www.ciwem.com/policy/panels
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6. Consultations
CIWEM responds to a wide range of consultation documents as part of its technical and policy output. The majority of technical comment for these responses originates from the Institution’s Technical Panels but if you are a CIWEM member you may register your views with us for incorporation into a response. It is important that the Institution reflects its members’ views as far as possible in these responses. A list of the consultations that are currently being considered, together with an internet address for the papers themselves, features in every edition of E-News.
If you have views on any of the issues raised in any of the consultation papers listed below we would very much like to hear from you. A deadline for when we need to receive your comments is always listed. Please do make sure you have your say. If you would like to view recent consultation responses made by the Institution you can do so on the Institution’s website at www.ciwem.com/policy/consultation
Current consultations:
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Developing measures to promote catchment-sensitive farming
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/csf-june04/index.htm
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 20/08/04
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Consultation on the Air Quality Limit Values (Amendment) Regulations 2004
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/airquality-limitregs/index.htm
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 27/08/04
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Clean Neighbourhoods
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/clean-neighbourhood/index.htm
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 10/09/04
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Consultation on the draft guidance for the Household Waste Recycling Act 2003
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/waste-collect/index.htm
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 20/09/04
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Review of the Special Waste Regulations in England: Proposals for replacement Hazardous Waste Regulations and List of Wastes Regulations
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/wastereg-haz/index.htm
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 08/10/04
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Making space for water: Developing a new Government strategy for flood and coastal erosion risk management in England
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/waterspace/index.htm
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 15/10/04
English Nature
Our Coasts and Seas
http://www.english-nature.org.uk/science/coasts_and_seas/default.asp
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 20/08/04
House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee
Water Pricing
http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/
environment__food_and_rural_affairs/efra_water_pricing2.cfm
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 03/09/04
House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee
Climate Change: Looking Forward
http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/
environment__food_and_rural_affairs/efra_climate_change_looking_forward.cfm
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 10/09/04
House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee
Waste Policy and the Landfill Directive
http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/
environment__food_and_rural_affairs/efra_waste_and_landfill.cfm
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 17/09/04
Scottish Executive
Investing in Water Services 2006-2014 (The Quality and Standards III Project)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations/environment/iiws-00.asp
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 01/10/04
Scottish Executive
Paying for Water Services 2006-2010
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations/environment/pfws-00.asp
Contact alastair@ciwem.org by 01/10/04
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7. CIWEM Conferences
CIWEM has a varied programme of national conferences covering topics from across the environmental spectrum. Here are the events which are being organized for the coming months:
2nd CIWEM National Conference – 13th-15th September, 2004
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk Tel: 0113 242 4200
Or download the first announcement and call for papers at:
http://www.ciwem.com/documents/Call%20For%20Papers.pdf
Young Members’ Study Tour – 20th-24th September, 2004
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk Tel: 0113 242 4200
Or download the brochure at:
http://www.ciwem.com/documents/
Young%20Members%20Brochure%20-%20Sept%202004.pdf
Making Space for Water – Developing a New Government Strategy for Flood & Coastal Erosion Risk Management in England – 20th October, 2004
For further details please contact Bob Earll, CMS
Tel: 01531 890415 Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk
Or download the brochure at:
http://www.ciwem.com/events/
Making_Space_for_Water_Programme.pdf
Integrating Land-Use and Water in Practice
Linking Surface and Groundwaters: Developing Priorities and Long-term vision – 10th November, 2004
For further details please contact Bob Earll, CMS
Tel: 01531 890415 Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk
Or download the brochure at:
http://www.ciwem.com/about/Groundwater_Programme_Eversion.pdf
European Biosolids - 14th – 17th November, 2004
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk Tel: 0113 242 4200
Risk Management in Water Supply
Mid-December 2004
Contact Sarah Hickinson, Aqua Enviro
Email: ciwem@aquaenviro.co.uk Tel: 0113 242 4200
World Wetlands Day 2005
31st January and 1st February 2005, London
Contact Bob Earll, CMS
Tel: 01531 890415 Email: bob.earll@coastms.co.uk
For further information about CIWEM’s programme of national conferences, please contact Justin Taberham, Director of Policy, CIWEM, E-mail: Justin@ciwem.org
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8. Meeting Room Available for Hire at CIWEM
The Institution's premises in John Street, situated between Bloomsbury and the City, has a room available for letting. Set out in Board Room style, it comfortably seats up to 15 people and is ideal for small meetings.
Hire charges are as follows:
Rate for 15 people: £25 per hour or £125 per day
Rate for 8 people: £20 per hour or £105 per day
Tea/coffee and biscuits are charged at £2.50 per head and sandwiches/cold buffet lunch requirements are charged at cost plus £1.00 per head.
All charges are subject to VAT.
Photocopier and fax facilities can be made avaliable, subject to a charge of 10p per photocopy page and 10p per fax page (UK only).
For further information, contact Barbara Thake at CIWEM
Tel: 0207 831 3110
E-mail: Barbara@ciwem.org
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9. Events for New Members
If you would like to get involved in the CIWEM New Members’ Group, please check your local Branch page on the CIWEM web site for event information and contact details for the Branch new member representative. Forthcoming events include:
South Eastern Branch
Routes to Membership Meeting & Social
Thursday 19th August 2004 at 4pm
Brighton University, Cockcroft Building, Room CG24
Rosemary Butler from CIWEM will be giving a presentation on the "Routes to Membership", which will provide an excellent opportunity for all new and prospective CIWEM members to find out what is required of them to attain Chartered status. Afterwards there will be a social occasion at a nearby inn which will provide new members with an opportunity to network with like-minded new CIWEM members.
Please indicate whether you would like to attend by clicking on the link below and clicking send: mailto:rphillips@dynamco.ltd.uk?subject=Yes_I_wish_to_Attend
Please contact Richard Phillips at RPHILLIPS@dynamco.ltd.uk for further details
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10. Queen’s Honours – Erratum
In last month’s edition of E-News we erroneously referred to the Chief Executive of United Utilities as John Edwards, rather than John Roberts. We apologise for any confusion caused by this and confirm that John Roberts received a CBE for services to the utilities industry.
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11. Air Pollution Information System (APIS)
A multi partner 4 year work programme was recently launched. The Air Pollution Information System (APIS) provides a comprehensive and up to date web based database of air pollution effects on habitats and species. APIS allows a search by habitat or species as well as by pollutant. It also allows you to undertake a simple site based assessment of pollution impact. The database is easy to use and can be found at www.apis.ac.uk.
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12. In Brief
Habitats Guide – Volume 1
Featuring a varied collection of habitat case studies, CIWEM’s new publication, Habitats Guide – Volume 1 (ISBN 1 870752 78 3) is a useful resource for all those with an interest in habitat management, creation and restoration, from students to environmental practitioners alike. It gathers together existing good practice guidance and case study information and looks at the planning context, EC Directives and other legislation affecting various habitats.
Each chapter aims to provide an introduction to the habitat, consider relevant legislation and set out best practice guidance for habitat management/creation/restoration. These principles are exemplified through case studies, from the UK and overseas, and reference is made to a wide range of texts, journal papers and websites, to further support the reader.
The guide costs £9.99 plus £3.00 Postage & Packing (including VAT). To order a copy, please send a cheque for £12.99 payable to ‘CIWEM’ to Harriet Greene, CIWEM, 15 John Street, London, WC1N 2EB. Please contact Harriet if you would like further information about the guide (E-mail: hgreene@ciwem.org; Tel: 0207 831 3110).
New staff at CIWEM Head Office
CIWEM welcomes Harriet Greene as its new Policy Support Officer. Harriet will work in the Policy Department and support the work of the Director of Policy and Policy Officer.
E-mail: hgreene@ciwem.org
Guidance Notes for Journal Paper Authors Updated
The Guidance Notes for authors submitting papers to CIWEM’s Journal have recently been revised. The main change is that we would now encourage authors to submit their papers electronically, rather than sending hard copies. For further information or to submit a paper please e-mail Harriet Greene: hgreene@ciwem.org
The Guidance Notes may be downloaded from the CIWEM website at:
http://www.ciwem.com/publications/journal/guidance.asp
WEM Recruitment Media Pack
Water and Environment Manager (WEM) 2004 recruitment and display media pack is now available. If you or your company are looking to recruit in 2004 WEM's recruitment section can provide the answer. For a pdf of the media pack please e-mail: WEM@leadmedia.co.uk
Leukaemia Research Fund
On the 18th July the Leukaemia Research Fund ran a ‘bikeathon’ in London. For information on what the organization does please visit www.lrf.org.uk and for more information on the event please visit www.justgiving.com/lrfbikeathon/
A member of staff at CIWEM’s offices in London took part and, together with his team mates, they raised approximately £1400. A big ‘thank you’ therefore to all those who gave generously.
Waste and Resources Action Programme invites tenders for full scale operational trials involving the use of recycled glass in selected markets
The key objective of this work is to demonstrate the benefits of using recycled glass in a series of defined applications in order to help develop and expand end market opportunities for recycled glass by accelerating the transition from pilot stage to commercial application.
The work will include full scale operational trials. Tenderers are invited to submit their proposals for one or more of the following areas:
- Water filtration applications – drinking water, swimming pools, sewage treatment, industrial effluent and/or process water (WRAP would be particularly interested in applications from companies involved in the food & drink or pulp & paper industries)
- Brick fluxing agent – for both intermittent and tunnel kiln applications
- Ceramic fluxing agent applications
- Cement and/or concrete-based product applications
- Grit blasting applications
- Sports turf applications
- Other higher value applications which offer significant potential tonnage
The closing date for tenders is 15th September 2004. For further details please visit the WRAP website at http://www.wrap.org.uk/Tender_detail.asp?TenderID=172
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13. Standing Conference on Stormwater Source Control – Quantity and Quality – September 2004
Twenty-Sixth Meeting – Dunfermline, Scotland
Business & Learning Conference Centre
7th September 2004
Price: £80.00
Since 1990, the Standing Conference has provided the national forum for presentations by engineers and other relevant professionals of the many and various ways that stormwater may be disposed of on-site, or may be controlled in discharge from the curtilage or upstream development to a receiving drainage system. Today, with the introduction of Sustainable Drainage the Standing Conference continues to play its part in promoting the introduction and understanding of design and performance of SUDS techniques. The meetings will be structured to encourage discussion and the widest exchange of experiences.
The Standing Conference will be important to design engineers working for developers and their consultants; reviewing engineers employed by local authorities, the new water companies and EA; and for planners and catchment managers who set policy on stormwater source control and on the other strategic control methods.
To book or for further information please contact:
Mrs J L Perry, School of Science and the Environment, Coventry University, Coventry, CV1 5FB
Tel: 024 7688 8590 Fax: 024 7688 8590
E-mail: cbx085@coventry.ac.uk
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14. IAgrE Masterclass on Spray Technology for Agriculture and Horticulture Theory and Practice
28th September 2004 at 14:00
SRI, Wrest Park Silsoe, Bedford
This IAgrE masterclass will be presented by Professor Paul Miller, one of the worlds leading authorities on sprayer technology. Professor Miller is the Director of Technology at Silsoe Research Institute. He is a trained agricultural engineer who for the last 20 years has worked principally with spray application equipment and in aspects of precision agriculture.
This Master Class will examine the principles of spray generation in a range of nozzle types used for agricultural and horticultural applications. Nozzle performance has conventionally been defined in terms of a pressure/flow characteristic, volume distribution pattern and a droplet size distribution but other physical parameters are also known to influence spray deposition, pesticide efficacy and the risk of drift. Methods for measuring nozzle performance and using the information obtained in practical situations will be explained in the session. A visit to the Spray Laboratory at Silsoe Research Institute will form part of the Master Class.
For further information or to book please E-mail secretary@iagre.org or telephone 01525 861096
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15. Accelerating Sustainable Development conference – November 2004
The Sustainability Alliance are running an important 2-day conference, Accelerating Sustainable Development, on 16-17 November 2004 at the IEE, Austin Court, Birmingham, UK. Uniquely, this conference will bring together engineers and technical professionals from many different fields to exchange their knowledge and learn from each other’s best practice. In addition to featuring a line up of leading speakers on sustainable development policy and practice, the conference will:
- Produce an interdisciplinary technical action plan to drive forward sustainable development in the UK
- Generate interdisciplinary professional input into the current review of the UK Sustainable Development Strategy and other policy documents
The conference and implementation plan will focus on 6 key areas: Energy, Transport and Infrastructure, Waste, Water, Food, Rural land use and ecology, Buildings and urban planning.
Click here for full details: http://conferences.iee.org/sustain
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16. Regulation for Environmental Protection – January 2005
The International Water Association’s Regulator’s Interest Group will be running a conference on 28th January 2005 in Cardiff entitled ‘Regulation for Environmental Protection’. Speakers from the UK, South Africa, the USA and Australia will describe how alternative regulatory regimes have been established to address potential pollution from both industrial and municipal sources. Subjects include diffuse pollution, river basin management and regulation of the water industry.
To register your interest and receive registration details when available contact: -
Institution of Water Officers (Lynn Cooper), 4 Carlton Court, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear NE110AZ.
Tel. 0191 422 0088 Fax: 0191 422 0087 E-mail Lynn@iwo.org.uk
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17. Yacht – The Engineering Recruitment Experts
Yacht promise a fresh new approach to engineering recruitment, with a unique service dedicated to finding exactly the right job for you. Right now, Yacht has a number of opportunities in the infrastructure and utilities sector for engineers and environmental professionals.
Visit us now to register your CV and learn how Yacht can help you find a successful career in engineering.
http://www.yachtgroup.com/uk/pages/home/default.asp
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18. Join CIWEM
CIWEM is a vibrant environmental professional body which offers professional development, an impressive programme of local, national and international events, a magazine ten times a year, a quarterly journal, excellent networking opportunities and many other benefits. Contact membership@ciwem.org for more details.
That was the e-newsletter from CIWEM’s Policy Department. Please keep comments and suggestions coming in. If you would like to be taken off the mailing list, please email webmaster@ciwem.org
Please pass any comments to:
Justin Taberham, Director of Policy, CIWEM, 15 John Street, London, England, WC1N 2EB
Tel: 020 7831 3110 Fax: 020 7405 4967 E-mail: Justin@ciwem.org
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Web Site Design Service
Ludwood Interactive have designed the all new CIWEM web site. They specialise in designing graphically rich sites which feature intuitive navigation systems and a wealth of interactive features.
As part of an affinity relationship with CIWEM, Ludwood Interactive are now offering a special discount of 10% on web site design projects to all CIWEM members. An additional contribution of 10% will be donated to CIWEM on new projects carried out for its members.
Why not consider Ludwood Interactive for your next web project? Contact Ludwood Interactive via their web site www.ludwood.com or via tel: 020 7346 8400.
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