United Utilities has announced plans to remove itself from the New York Stock Exchange and de-register from the US Securities and Exchange Commission –in order to reduce compliance costs.
The water utility and electricity network operator will keep its American Depositary Receipts facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, and the shares will now be traded in the "over-the-counter" market in the US.
The company will continue to trade its shares on the London Stock Exchange.
Uniwater has acquired Hy-Ram Engineering, a specialist in tooling, products and hire for the water sector, based in Mansfield, England.
Near-real-time microbial monitoring of wastewater discharge and bathing waters is now possible thanks to the BactoSense ID solution created by Swiss-based bNovate Technologies.

Southern Water has released film and images showing what it’s like to walk inside Hampshire’s expanded Yew Hill underground reservoir for the very last time, before it gets filled with water.
Hear how United Utilities is accelerating its investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across the Northwest.