Thames Water has appointed Water & Environment Resource Management Ltd to conduct surveys of polluted surface water outfalls to establish the source of pollution in surface water courses and rivers in its region.
Services provided under the framework agreement contract will include checking of drains for pollution flow and tracing back to the source. Pollution sources will also include domestic appliance missconnections.
The AMP6 contract will run an initial duration of 3 years, with options to extend annually up to a maximum overall term of 5 years.
Romford-based Water And Environment Resource Management Ltd were one of five companies who bid for the work.
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.