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News Release from: Wavin | Subject: Plastic water management and drainage systems
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 08 September 2006
Wavin on the Thames for WaterAid
Wavin Plastics has pledged its support to the annual Thames Water Raft Race that raised a total of GBP45k to help the work of WaterAid.
Wavin Plastics - the UK's leading supplier of plastic water management and drainage systems has recently pledged its support to the annual Thames Water Raft Race that raised a total of £45,000 to help the work of WaterAid The OSMA AquaCell water management infiltration units were bound together and coated with geomembrane - providing the basis of the purpose-built raft that supported a team of six volunteers in their race along the Thames
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 5 Sep 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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As many as forty teams built rafts, donned fancy dress, and raced a distance of 1.6km from the Reading Rowing Club near Caversham Bridge around Fry's Island and back.
The day proved to be great fun and a valuable addition to the WaterAid calendar.
Denise O'Leary, customer marketing manager from Wavin Plastics says: "We are delighted to have supported this fun event for such a worthy cause.
"Wavin is committed to helping build sustainable water supplies and sanitation systems in poverty-stricken countries through various projects including WaterAid and also through its long-standing partnership with Unicef.
"However, I'd never have imagined that this would lead to the OSMA AquaCell stormwater units providing the basic structure for a raft seen bobbing along the Thames in a race. Request a free brochure from Wavin ...
"Although raft construction was not in the original AquaCell design brief, the structure carried the team from start to finish.".
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