The Borough Council of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk has gone out to tender with a contract for a foul water drainage consultant with an estimated total value of £134,400 including VAT.
Southern Water has awarded an AMP8 contract for household and non-household water efficiency audits, including the supply and installation of water-saving devices and delivery of tailored customer engagement services, with an estimated value of c £3.293 million (including VAT).
Yorkshire Water is beginning essential repair work near Lower Redmires Reservoir this month to improve and maintain safe operations and increase resilience of the region’s reservoir network.
Thames Water’s £20 million upgrade to the Chesham Sewage Treatment Works that has cut phosphorous levels by 85 per cent has already had “a measurable impact on water quality” in the River Chess.
New research carried out as part of Ofwat’s ongoing work to understand customers’ experiences of interacting with their water company is highlighting room for improvement in water companies’ customer billing issues.
The Environment Agency has delayed publication of its response to the consultation on its proposed update of the water resources planning guideline for England, attributing the delay to the high volume of detailed responses received and current resource constraints within the team.
Clarion Housing Group Ltd has gone out to tender with a contract for its water hygiene management and remedial works programme with a total estimated value of £12.5 million (inc VAT).
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has awarded anAMP8 contract for for a Bioflex Ammonia Recovery Pilot with an estimated value of £2 million (inc VAT) to Nijhuis Saur Industries UK and Ireland Ltd.
South West Water is reporting that it has reduced storm overflow use by 17% and cut spill duration by 25% over the past year, despite the South West experiencing a substantially wetter year than the rest of England.
The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) Rivers Directorate in Northern Ireland has awarded a contract for camera equipment with an estimated value of £282,243 (inc VAT).
South West Water has hosted the first municipal trial of the Fournier Rotary Press in the UK, assessing its potential to improve sludge dewatering performance and support future biosolids standards.
Uniwater has acquired Hy-Ram Engineering, a specialist in tooling, products and hire for the water sector, based in Mansfield, England.
Enpure Ltd and Clean TeQ Water Ltd have announced a collaboration agreement to bring Clean TeQ Water's Moving Bed Ion Exchange-based nutrient removal technologies to water utilities across the UK.
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.