Accreditations

ISO 14001, ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18001

Environmental Management, Quality Management and Occupational Health and Safety standards

The Environmental Management systems of all Veolia Water UK businesses are now certified to ISO 14001.

Veolia Water Southeast and the majority of Veolia Water Outsourcing businesses have integrated management systems that additionally meet the requirements of ISO 9001 (Quality Management) and OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health and Safety).

Please see our Responsible Business Review (PDF 1.7MB) for more details.

UKAS ISO/IEC 17025:2005

Laboratory services

Veolia Water UK's laboratory is accredited by UKAS to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 for testing and measuring a range of properties for raw, potable, potable bottled and vending machine waters (accreditation number: 1758).

The accreditation covers chemical, physical and microbiological testing.

SAFEcontractor

Health and safety accreditation scheme

SAFEcontractor is an accreditation scheme that assesses the health and safety competency of contractors and service providers.

Companies have a legal obligation to ensure that external contractors and service providers working on their premises operate in a safe way and many of them are insisting on SAFEcontractor accreditation as a primary means of selecting contractors.

Veolia Water Central is accredited to the SAFEcontractor scheme for Water Quality Testing and RPZ Valve Testing & Maintenance (certificate number: N00057758).

Lloyds MURS, GIRS, WIRS and NERS

Multi-Utility Design, Project Management, Construction, Installation and Connection

Lloyd's Register operates registration schemes to assess providers across a range of industries. They operate schemes on behalf of the utility industry and their regulators to assess independently service providers seeking to work within the contestable markets in the electricity, gas, and water sectors.

Veolia Water Outsourcing holds full Lloyds MURS, GIRS, WIRS and NERS accreditations:

• Multi-Utilities Recognition Status (MURS)
• Gas Industry Registration Scheme (GIRS)
• Water Industry Registration Scheme (WIRS)
• National Electricity Registration Scheme (NERS)

For more information, please visit our Multi-Utility Services section.

Gas Safe

Qualification for safe working with gas

Veolia Water Outsourcing is on the Gas Safe Register (Registered Number 307104) and is qualified in the following areas of non-domestic work, in LPG and Natural Gas:

• Meters
• Pipework
• Air heating
• Water CH
• Pipework Commisioning

We're also qualified for a wide range of domestic work. For more information, please visit our Multi-Utility Services section.

Ofgem Approved Meter Installers (OAMI)

Qualified gas meter installation

Ofgem-approved meter installers are registered entities who conform to one or more of the codes of practice in relation to gas meter installation.

Veolia Water Outsourcing (registration number 307104) is approved for OAMI Codes of Practice 1a, 1b and 1c:

• 1a: for low pressure diaphragm and electronic meter installations with badged meter capacities not exceeding 6m3/hr (212ft3/hr).
• 1b: for low pressure diaphragm and rotary displacement meter installations with badged meter capacities exceeding 6m3/ hr (212 ft3 / hr) but not exceeding 1076m3/hr (38,000ft3/hr).
• 1c: for all higher pressure and all other low pressure meter installations not covered by COP/1a or COP/1b.

Contact our Multi-Utility Services team for more details.

Fertiliser Advisers Certification and Training Scheme (FACTS)

Nutrient management advice

FACTS is an independent and non-statutory body recognised by the fertiliser industry, Defra and the Environment Agency as a successful means of setting standards, training and maintaining the continuous professional development of those providing nutrient management advice.

All Veolia Water Organics Recycling contract managers are FACTS trained.

Although a voluntary scheme, the growth of FACTS membership reflects how the agricultural industry recognises the importance and benefit of qualified advice to promote farming systems that optimise crop nutrition and protect the quality of soil, water, air and farm biodiversity.