Bristol Water has awarded two AMP6 Capital Projects contracts for UV water treatment plant construction work at its Barrow Treatment Works worth a total of nearly £5 million.
BAM Nuttall Ltd has won a £3 million contract for the Civils Works on the UV Installation at the works – the firm was one of five suppliers to bid for the work.
Bridges Electrical Engineers Ltd was the successful supplier for the Mechanical, Electrical and ICA work at Barrow – one of four companies in the bidding for the £1.8 million contract.
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.