It is our sad news to inform all our clients, friends, suppliers and those associated to Dales Water Services Ltd. that one of our founding directors, Chris Dodds, died on the 08th May at 10.20am. He was surrounded by his family and friends at the time of his death. Needless to say all at Dales [...]
In April we were asked to contribute to the widely read British Farmer & Grower magazine which is part of the National Farmer's Union. Our contribution, for the "Focus on: Renewable Energy" section, looked at how a borehole can benefit a farm to both reduce costs and increase efficiency. Using one of our customers as [...]
With several members of our team completing the National Water Hygiene Card Scheme in March this month our maintenance and drilling staff undertook the CIEH Level 2 Award in Manual Handling course. The course was run by Livius Training based in Ripon and this Chartered Institute of Environmental Health qualification has been designed for employees [...]
As part of our commitment to staff training and health and safety last month several members of our team took the National Water Hygiene Card Training Course. The training card is relatively new and was designed to replace all water company specific hygiene schemes. Before the hygiene card workers had to undergo separate testing, health [...]
The DEFRA Consultation for Abstraction closed on the 28th of March so we thought we would share our responses to the questions posed in the online survey. For those unaware, the Environment Agency and DEFRA released a consultation on Abstraction Licence Reform which is the first time significant changes have been considered in approximately 60 [...]
The Environment Agency (EA) and DEFRA are proposing to change the abstraction licencing regime in England and Wales, the first time substantial changes have been made in approximately 60 years. They have released a consultation on this that can be found here. This briefing note has been prepared to highlight the changes that are being [...]
We're pleased to announce that Dales Water are now an approved e.syline partner for DAB and their range of e.sybox products. This partnership means we are now part of a select group of companies who carry stock of the e.sybox with an extended 3 year warranty only available through e.syline partners. What is an e.syline [...]
Last year we worked with the Water Well Journal to produce an article that looked at the groundwater industry here in the UK and compared it with that of the United States. The article was written from the view point of both a veteran water well contractor and a professional who has been in the [...]
At the end of January we moved into our brand new purpose built office at our base in Melmerby, Ripon. Previously we'd been using an old portakabin which although served its purpose was in much need of a refresh. Building works commenced at the end of November and you can see some pictures from the [...]
Our recent office move (blog posting coming soon) gave us an excuse to dig through various old documents that haven't seen daylight for several years. Amongst various bits of old paperwork and memorabilia we were lucky enough to stumble across a Farming in Yorkshire Magazine from 1995 where we were given a 4 page spread [...]
