Sutton and East Surrey Water has awarded a concrete repair work contract worth an estimated £6 million – SES was also procuring on behalf of Portsmouth Water Ltd and Dee Valley Water plc.
The reservoir concrete repair term service contract covers the inspection, cleaning, maintenance and repair of potable water service reservoirs and water towers.
Cranfield firm Stonbury Ltd has been awarded the contract – one of four firms in the bidding 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.