Ingenious liquid solution emerges from the sludgeA bridging loan – a phrase more associated with moving house – proved the ideal solution when Selwood was contacted by Wessex Water, faced with a problematical bridge too far. Wessex Water had an unusual request for a temporary overpumping requirement whilst the access bridge spanning the River Avon to Pewsey Sewage Treatment Works was strengthened. The crucial work meant that there could be no vehicular access to the sewage treatment works, normally visited several times a day and night by large articulated sludge tankers. Selwood needed to find a robust, safe and straightforward way for tankers to fill up with sludge over a 200 metre distance, which included crossing the bridge. With the River Avon running below, the drivers would

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