For established quarrying company and concrete products supplier E&JW Glendinning, keeping environmental impact to a minimum is a primary concern. The company, which operates from a number of sites throughout Devon, was in need of expertise from a specialist pumping provider to help it solve a particular problem at its Pigsdon Quarry site at Bude, in Cornwall. The site is used for quarrying high PSV gritstone, popular as an ideal material for road surfacing. Glendinning works closely with the Environment Agency to ensure its activities at Pigsdon have as little impact on its surroundings as possible. Pigsdon’s location in an area of the UK subject to high rainfall means that there is a need to safely handle a significant amount of surface run-off as well as some additional water discharged

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