Our compact test rig has just finished assessment of the subsurface geology for the purposes of designing a suitable soakaway system at a site in Marlow. The reason for the porosity tests is to ascertain what sort of soakaway, and at what depth it should be installed to. With this compact rig we can access hard…
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A Sewage Treatment Plant and Soakaway installation has been completed in Great Missenden. This work was required to replace the old Septic Tank/failed Soakaway system on site. The Marsh Industries unit is suitably sized for the property. It will discharge the treated effluent into our newly drilled Soakaway borehole. We mobilised all machinery and equipment to site and in an agreed location we excavated…
DetailsWe have installed a borehole soakaway at a property in Frieth which was suffering from a failing system. This property has a modern Sewage Treatment Plant installed which discharges treated effluent to a soakaway. The soakaway was backing up into the unit and initial works to revive the old soakaway made only a slight improvement. As a…
DetailsA Lincolnshire Golf Club approached our team looking for a borehole to supply 20 cubic metres of water per day for the irrigation of greens, fairways and tees at the club. Our Drilling Team evaluated the geology of the area and drilled a 200mm diameter borehole to 55 meters depth. The water supply borehole was test pumped…
DetailsAn emergency pump replacement has been carried out by our team. We were called to investigate the failure of a borehole pump at one of our own installations at a Horse Sanctuary in Buckinghamshire. Our team mobilised a rig to site and organised the swift retrieval of the pump from the borehole to diagnose the problem. The borehole pump…
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The Forestry Commission sought a water supply borehole to supply new upgraded visitor facilities at a Forestry Commission location in Buckinghamshire. To find a suitable supply of water at one of the highest points in the Chiltern Hills, we drilled into the Chalk aquifer 140m below the ground using rotary method of drilling. Today, the water from…
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Our team have installed a modern Sewage Treatment Plant and Borehole Soakaway at a new build eco house in Berkhamsted. The new Klargester Sewage Treatment Plant was installed to the side of the driveway. Percolation testing was carried out on the subsurface geology at the site, and found to be impermeable heavy clay and as a…
DetailsMineral Survey boreholes were drilled for a Carstone quarry in Norfolk. The owners of the quarry wished to investigate the economic viability of purchasing neighbouring agricultural land and extending their quarry. They called us in to undertake the drilling of several shallow boreholes to investigate the depth and thickness of the Carstone deposit. Our team mobilised to site and 6…
DetailsA local allotment association wrote to us with their ambition to resurrect an old hand dug disused well to supply water at their allotments which would fulfill the needs of their community. We carried out investigative works on the old disused well, to determine its construction material, diameter, depth, standing water level, depth and quality, and we carried…
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