KMI Water, the joint venture between Kier Construction, J Murphy and Sons Limited and Interserve Project Services, has been named as preferred bidder for a major infrastructure project in Preston valued at approximately £114m with United Utilities.

Balfour Beatty plc, the leading international infrastructure group, has today issued a confident trading update  for the year ended 31 December 2009 in advance of its preliminary results announcement on 4 March 2010.

Independent engineering and environmental consultancy, Royal Haskoning, has won a competitive bid to provide Surface Water Management Planning services and a Water Cycle Study for a consortium of Stafford, Lichfield, Tamworth and South Staffordshire local councils.

Interserve Plc, the services, maintenance and building group, announced today that the Group has performed well, backed by “excellent cash generation”.

Anthony Ferrar has taken over as Managing Director of Sutton and East Surrey Water following the retirement of Nick Fisher at the end of December. Anthony Ferrar joined Sutton and East Surrey Water in 2008 as managing director designate.

Northumbrian Water has announced plans to build new hydroelectric station in the Tees Valley at Selset in partnership with RWE npower renewables.

Horizons, one of Scottish Water’s  stand-alone business,  has taken delivery of its anaerobic digestion plant - the mechanical and electrical works are now underway.

Plans for a new water pumping station in the North Yorkshire village of Embsay will go on show next week.