Severn Trent Water has awarded a contract for rotating biological contactors worth an estimated £6.3 million.
The contract covers the design, manufacture, supply, delivery, installation, testing and commissioning of rotating biological contactors for waste water and sewage treatment plants.
Severn Trent used the Achilles UVDB to identify 175 pre-qualified suppliers, of which 17 responded via the UVDB and registered on the electronic portal to receive the tender documents, with 4 ultimately submitting bids.
Wednesbury based firm Tuke and Bell Ltd is the successful supplier.
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.