| Vernon Morris Utility Solutions, Ltd. has successfully | | | | Fire fighting is a primary reason for water supply |
| supplied the United Kingdom and its global partners | | | | systems to exist, and the importance of maintaining |
| with water utility equipment ranging from hydrants | | | | working fire hydrants is immeasurable in terms of |
| and pumps to chlorinators, meters, and test kits for | | | | human safety and property protection. Hydrant |
| over 60 years. Vernon Morris products are approved | | | | testing and valve exercising operations should be |
| by Achilles and the Utility Prequalification Scheme, | | | | performed at least annually on all hydrants within a |
| which serves its 20 member countries by identifying, | | | | water system's pervue. Vernon Morris understands |
| qualifying, evaluating and monitoring suppliers for the | | | | this, and offers hydrant flow gauges and mains |
| provision of satisfactory products to the water | | | | testing outfits to help keep customers safe. The |
| industry. When a utility purchases products from | | | | hydrant digital flow gauges are made of high-density |
| Vernon Morris Utility Solutions, it knows it will receive | | | | durable plastic, and measure flows between 2.6 and |
| reliable, durable equipment from a company that | | | | 60 lps. The hydrant digital flow gauges may also be |
| stands behind what it sells. | | | | calibrated in the field. |
| Vernon Morris offers three digital flow gauges that | | | | Finally, Vernon Morris offers a hydrant standpipe with |
| use differential pressure sensors to provide a digital | | | | a digital flow gauge attached. The digital flow gauge |
| readout of water flow. Each flow gauge is made of | | | | measures flows from 100 to 2000 lpm. The standpipe |
| high-density durable plastic, and allows for field | | | | is made from gunmetal, or for a slight additional |
| calibration as necessary or as scheduled. The first | | | | charge, chrome, and does not interfere with the |
| flow gauge is sized at 2-1/2", and measures water | | | | proper and safe operation of the hydrant. This |
| flows between 24 and 2000 litres per minute (lpm) at | | | | configuration enables the utility workers (or the fire |
| static pressures of between 0 and 140 mhd. A | | | | fighters) to see at a glance that the flow to the |
| second flow gauge is sized at 3", and measures | | | | hydrant is sufficient for their needs, without attaching |
| water flows between 150 and 4600 lpm at static | | | | equipment to the hydrant and opening it up. |
| pressures of between 0 and 140 mhd. These two | | | | Should the standard digital flow gauges and |
| flow gauges are sufficient to meet nearly any utility's | | | | equipment described above not meet a utility's |
| requirements. The third flow gauge is sized at 1-1/2", | | | | specific needs, Vernon Morris partners with Severn |
| and measures water flows between 10 and 200 | | | | Trent Water to provide customized design services |
| lpm--perfect for most line flushing operations. The | | | | in the arena of digital flow gauges and equipment. No |
| utility avoids charging customers for the water used | | | | matter what equipment a water utility requires to |
| to clean the pipe, leading to better customer | | | | supply safe, clean water to its customers, Vernon |
| relations, and can yet record the amount of water | | | | Morris Utility Solutions, Ltd. can assist. |
| used for a successful flushing operation. | | | | |