Client Base, Experience And History
Since 1992, when Cress Water was founded, we have developed considerable experience in the design and installation of systems for a wide range of purposes. More than 100 systems have now been designed, the majority of which we have also installed.
Our clients cover a wide spectrum from owner-occupiers of single family homes to commercial enterprises such as multiple homes, housing associations, nursing homes, residential care homes, hotels, pub restaurants, a college of agriculture, day visitor centres, breweries, farms, and more.
The Welcome Break Motorway Services Area on the M40 near Oxford, which opened in July 1998, was built on a green-field site. The opening of this facility on schedule would not have been possible without the installation of a large waste stabilisation pond and reed-bed system designed to treat all the foul wastewater on site. Both the design and the installation of this system were carried out by Cress Water and completed on schedule.
The owners of a converted lighthouse keepers’ cottage at Rhuvaal, on the Isle of Islay in the Inner Hebrides, recycle water cleaned by their reed-bed system to flush their toilets and in the process, reduce the volume of rain-water they have to store for potable use. On a much larger scale, the final effluent from Welcome Break’s pond and reed-bed treatment system is destined to be recycled to flush the toilets in the Main Amenity Building.
We have clients throughout the length and breadth of the British Isles - from Penzance to Inverness, and from Tenby to Ipswich as well as in Ireland and France. We provide a nation-wide service.
About The Founder
Dr Rick Hudson is the founder and Managing Director of Cress Water Limited. He brings to his company a deep commitment to develop ways in which we can all care for the planet’s dwindling fresh water supplies. His training and wide experience have prepared him well for his task. Coming from a professional background in marine zoology and environmental physiology, he is able to combine his scientific training with considerable practical skills obtained over some 12 years as a general builder before he started Cress Water.
