UK testing facilities
WRc Swindon water technology evaluation and testing facilities
WRc plc
WRc, Franklin Road, Blagrove, Swindon, SN5 8YF, United Kingdom
Access: Yes
Testing capabilities
- Materials and structural testing
- Propulsion and fluid systems
Services
Physical development and testing of water technologies using flow-loop rigs, open-channel flumes, a test pit with hydraulic rams for buried-pipe loading, level-sensor and simulated-solar-radiation rigs, and meter-testing facilities; confidential experimental service and hire with technical support.
Equipment
Large-scale flow-loop rig, open-channel flume and test pit with hydraulic rams are explicitly published; no quantitative flow, load or basin dimensions stated on the cited current operator page.
Standards
WRc states the facilities can be hired by supply-chain companies, academics and end users; no facility-specific accreditation inferred from the cited page.
Contact
Operator-wide contact: Email: solutions@wrcplc.co.uk; Phone: +44 1793 865000; Contact form: https://www.wrcgroup.com/contact-us/
Approximate location
SN5 8YF ยท Postcode area location