Northern Ireland Water has awarded a contract for risk management advisory services with an estimated value of £1.176 million including VAT.

Scope of the contract includes the ongoing development of the water company’s energy risk management policy and strategy, and provision of advisory services in respect of energy price hedging through the use of commodity financial derivatives and indices.
The award decision date is 7 September 2026 and the earliest date the contract will be signed is 17 September 2026, following the standstill period of 8 working days which ends on 16 September.
Centrus Financial Advisors Ltd have been awarded the contract, one of four firms who tendered for the work.
Current estimated start and end contract dates are 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2028 with further possible extension options up to 30 September 2033.
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.
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