Utility companies will be facing many new challenges over the coming year, from global warming - a major concern in the press at the moment, the ever changing weather causing problems for both homes and businesses throughout the UK, to the problems of sustainable energy as all over the world we are using more and more natural resources each day.

As weather becomes more erratic, businesses are becoming far more aware of the problems that are facing the world. So far our summer has been under flood water, and this follows the storms and snow we had in spring.

So what happens when things go wrong and the weather stops normal business?

Environment Agency Floodline

Around five million people live in flood risk areas in England and Wales so the Environment Agency sends text messages, through Rapide, informing residents and business owners their properties are at risk.

The recent bad weather and flooding has caused a surge in alerts sent from the Environment Agency, with 22% of June’s messages being sent on one day towards the end of the month.

Read more about the Environment Agency in our case studies section

www.rapide.co.uk/case-studies

Don’t panic! – Rapide can help

One major water supplier called in Rapide to help when their computer systems were ironically under water during major floods last year. Rapide were able to send a text message to employees explaining the problems they were experiencing.

If you need to alert your staff about problems Rapide can help you too – Call 02476 011911 to find out more.