Wessex Water has awarded an AMP8 framework contract for water quality monitoring for Urban Pollution Management (UPM) assessment - Storm Overflow Assessment Framework (SOAF) level 3-4.
When storm overflows spill, diluted storm sewage enters the environment, impacting the chemical and microbiological water quality of receiving and downstream water bodies. Effective UPM diminishes the environmental harm and ensures that water company discharges allow rivers and coasts to comply with Environment Quality Standards.
Water Quality Monitoring for UPM Assessment (SOAF Level ¾) Storm Overflow Assessment Framework
The water company requires water quality monitoring data for UPM assessment modelling – Wessex Water tendered the framework agreement in two Lots:
- Lot 1: Water Quality Monitoring
- Lot 2: Autosampling
Wessex Water have a requirement to take water samples for testing BOD (biological oxygen demand) and ammonia at the company’s laboratories using autosamplers. The initial expectation is to capture three storm events and two dry weather flow (DWF) days in summer months in the vicinity of each of the monitoring sites where sondes have been installed (the Lot 1 requirement).
Scope of the framework includes:
- Supply, installation and maintenance of autosamplers.
- Collection of samples and delivery to one of Wessex Water’s depots (each catchment is within 10km of a relevant depot.
Initial term term for the framework agreement is 4 years with further extension options available of up to 4 years in total.
Meteor Communications (Europe) Ltd have been awarded a contract under Lot 1 and IETG Ltd. Have been awarded a contract under Lot 2.
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