South Staffordshire Water has awarded a contract for repair and maintenance services during AMP6 and 7 for an estimated £144 million.
The contract covers 3 separate lots for AMP6/7 works on network related activities.
IWS Ltd has been awarded a contract worth £13,310,000, while Manchester based firm T&K Gallagher and Uniplumb (Cambridge) Ltd have won contracts worth £700,000 and £300,000 respectively.
Six companies were in the bidding for work under the contract, which will run for 10 years.
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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.