Helen Wilson

Mary, Ethel and Violet Pinwill, daughters of the Vicar of Ermington, Devon, learnt to carve during the restoration of their father’s church. In 1890, they took the audacious step of setting up their own company to become professional woodcarvers, competing for work in an entirely male-dominated occupation. ‘Rashleigh, Pinwill & Co. Ecclesiastical Carvers’ became a thriving business and expanded into Plymouth. There they joined forces with a young, inspired architect Edmund H.

For new housing developments that cannot connect to the main sewer by gravity, packaged pumping stations perform a vital task. In this Q&A, Helen Wilson, industry & infrastructure UK manager at Xylem, explains how developers can ensure an efficient and compliant system for their site: What are packaged pumping stations? Packaged pumping stations are factory-built systems which pump wastewater and stormwater from a site into a public sewer network for treatment and disposal.