Anglian Water - Love Every Drop

The Potting Shed Club calendar is back for 2019. The calendar is full of fantastic tips and advice for a vibrant, water efficient garden. Our region is the driest in the UK so we've got plenty of hints to help your garden look great all year. Best of all - the calendar is FREE!
We've only got a limited amount of calendars to giveaway so don't miss out. Order yours here - www.anglianwater.co.uk/calendar

We have been named the number one best place to work in the UK by employer review site Glassdoor - and we couldn't be more proud. The wellbeing, safety and workplace happiness of our 4,500 staff is hugely important - it's what makes them great at their jobs and able to deliver more for our customers and our environment. Read more about our Glassdoor story at https://media.anglianwater.co.uk/weve-don e-a-number-one/ We've got big plans for the future - our £6.5b investment plan is our biggest yet - and it's our people who will deliver it. Could you be part of our journey? Take the first step at www.anglianwatercareers.co.uk

Are you planning to cut down on plastic this Christmas? Here's some tips to help. Have you got any plastic-free Christmas tips? Comment below and let's make this the season of reducing, reusing and recycling! This year we made a pledge to get rid of problem plastics from our business and form a partnership to tackle plastic waste in our region. We've been busy but there's lots more to do and lots more stories to share in 2019!

We joined our friends at environmental charity City to Sea recently to take a toilet on a tour of our region. We wanted to talk to people about what we should and shouldn't flush down the loo to protect our environment. Do you know the three P's rule?

Did you know around 15% of a typical gas bill is from heating water for baths, showers and hot water from the tap? This is the time of year when energy bills can start to rise and we want to help you combat this, saving money and water. We're offering a FREE Winter Water Advice home visit. One of our qualified team will visit your home and give you tailored advice on how to save energy, water and money. We caught up with Scott, one of our Water Saving Experts, to find out his top tips for saving water this winter.
Book your FREE home visit here - www.anglianwater.co.uk/bitsandbobs

Could you help us keep the region's water flowing as a Water Network Field Technician?
As well as being essential to survive, water is the key to a thriving economy and a flourishing environment. By joining us, you’ll become part of a company looking to raise awareness of the importance of water as we collaborate with customers, colleagues, communities to ensure we are securing a future water supply for our region.
What will you be doing?
... By joining the motivated team of skilled Network Technicians you’ll play your part in ensuring clean water reaches our customers and is safe to consume. No day will be the same in this crucial role, you’ll undertake planned maintenance and also react to emergency requirements to maintain the water network. You’ll use your skills to carry out flushing, surveying, leak detections, pressure and flow tests and valve operations. Using your asset maps, data and tools you’ll resolve both planned and reactive operational problems in a thorough and timely manner.
This is a field based role and you’ll be provided with a fully equipped van as you travel around the region, consistently ensuring water quality is sufficiently maintained. A large part of the role will be liaising with customers, using your skills and expertise to deliver high-levels of customer service, you’ll keep them informed every step of the way, becoming the face of Anglian Water for many of our customers.
When you join the team, you’ll be provided with plenty of hands-on training and job shadowing and work towards becoming NRSWA accredited.
What do you need?
You’ll need to be educated to GCSE level (or equivalent), have experience working in an engineering industry, ideally providing a front line service and have a strong technical aptitude. Experience of water networks, street works and leakage control is advantageous.
Professional contact with customers is key, you must be able to explain terminology to the public in order to reassure and provide a great service, you’ll need proven experience of providing great customer service.
This role requires you to work a 37 hour week, however you will need a flexible approach to working hours as you’ll be required to be on a standby rota and undertake overtime as and when required – you’ll be paid extra for this!
In this field role you’ll travel to various locations across the Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire area. Due to this requirement you must live within a 15 miles radius of our Water Treatments Works at Northampton (NN3 9BX) or Grafham Water (PE28 0BH).
For more information and to apply, please visit www.anglianwatercareers.co.uk
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It's been a busy year for RiverCare volunteers around our region. Here are the litter heroes from the Lincoln group recently, carrying out their last clean up of 2018 along Sincil Bank in the city. As well as fast food packaging and household waste the team also sadly discovered the body of a swan. Thank you to all the Lincoln volunteers for their sterling work this year - and to all the RiverCare and BeachCare volunteers across the region protecting our waterways and beaches from litter and pollution. You make us very proud to support this fantastic initiative! Pictures taken by Nick Rawsthorne.

OK, so we don't have a Black Friday sale on our water - but there are some simple ways you can save on your water bill. Read our blog to get some handy tips and advice on switching to a meter, saving water in the home, getting a water efficiency home visit and ensuring you're on the right tariff for you.

We asked you for your tips and plans on getting your home ready for winter and there were some fantastic ideas - here's just a few! Temperatures have taken a tumble across the region this week and now is a great time to make sure your pipes are protected from freezing temperatures. Get all the help and advice you need at www.anglianwater.co.uk/winter

Our leakage technicians are out and about across our region every day, wherever and whenever they're needed. Early starts can have their advantages though - leakage tech Steve Cowley was up at dawn investigating a burst when he captured this beautiful fenland sunrise. We already lead the industry on leakage, but we're determined to go even further and reach world-beating low leakage rates. In the coming months we'll have 200 extra leakage technicians coming on board to help us achieve our aim of reducing leaks by a further 22% before 2025.

It's World Toilet Day and we've been out and about our region in Brentwood, Chelmsford and Cambridge with the charity City2Sea on a toilet tour! World Toilet Day is a day to remember that millions of people around the world do not have access to decent toilets and sewer systems. We're extremely lucky in the UK that we do, so we we need to ensure we look after them. That means only flushing the three P's - poo, pee and paper!

Today is World Prematurity Day. We've teamed up with staff at the Neonatal Intensive Care unit at Lincoln Hospital to mark the occasion by lighting up the city's Westgate Water Tower purple. You never know when health problems will affect your family, that's why we have a priority services register to give that bit of extra support when you need it the most. Find out more and sign up here www.anglianwater.co.uk/watercare

This week the Environment Agency announced their Bathing Water Quality results and it's been fantastic news for Lincolnshire where all the bathing waters have been rated EXCELLENT. We're proud to be working alongside the Environment Agency and local authorities to help maintain safe and healthy bathing water for people and wildlife. Here's Adam, our Coastal Catchment Manager for Lincolnshire, talking about why he loves his job.

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Roman settlement next to Grafham Water reservoir in Cambridgeshire. Archaeological exploration is currently taking place on operational land at various locations around Grafham in preparation for a new solar array being built there. The preliminary work has revealed Roman pottery, animal bones and evidence of an ancient community. Archaeology surveys are vital whenever we are building new works or laying pipes in our region to ensure ancient artefacts are recorded and protected. The solar energy generated from the new array will significantly reduce the nearby water treatment works’ carbon footprint and help us deliver our services more sustainably.

Today the media has been covering the issue of wet wipes in our sewers. So we've come to Cambridge Water Recycling Centre to get a first hand look at some of the things that are getting flushed down our region's toilets. Please don't watch this if you're eating!

❄️It's competition time!❄️ Now is the time to get your home wrapped up for winter - and to help we're giving away £150 worth of DIY vouchers to three lucky customers! We're launching our winter ready campaign with tips and advice on protecting your pipes against freezing temperatures. You can find out everything you need to know at www.anglianwater.co.uk/winter Comment below and let us know how you're getting your home ready for the festive period and you could win £150 of B&...Q vouchers to spend on pipe lagging and other winter home essentials. We'll pick three winners on Friday. You must be an Anglian Water customer to enter. Full terms and conditions can be found at https://media.anglianwater.co.uk/wrap-up- your-home-ready-f…/ Good luck!
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Today is Remembrance Sunday and our staff will be honouring the 2 minute silence at 11am. Thank you for understanding if you try to contact us at this time.