As Severn Trent's biggest water treatment works charged with the task of supplying the UK's second biggest city, Frankley WTW has a big job to do - and AVK UK is giving it a big helping hand.

Well over £500,000-worth of AVK valves are now arriving at the works to the south-west of Birmingham, which treats water from the Elan Valley in Wales for the 1.3 million customers in the city and its environs. The valves are for the £31.5 million, two-and-a-half year programme to enhance treatment and increase supplies being carried out by contractor Morgan Est; a new carbon filtration plant to blend an additional 220 mega litres of water daily, and the extensive pipe work needed to deliver it to the existing water stream.

For AVK, that means orders for gate valves up to 700mm, butterfly valves up to 1600mm (most fitted with Rotork actuators) and recoil check valves. All are being manufactured to meet the specifications set out in CAD drawings from Morgan Est's mechanical engineering department.