United Uitilities has specified Excel New Blue PE pipe from GPS PE Pipe Systems for the last of three Victorian mains renewal programmes in Huyton, Liverpool, following the success of Excel pipe in the previous sliplining project.

In 2012 ACWA Services celebrates 25 years of success in the water industry, a period during which the company has achieved widespread international acclaim and success, and grown from one employee to well over 100.

Managing Director Peter Ripley looks back over the past quarter century.

As Saudi Arabia’s Al Shumaisi wastewater treatment plant takes shape advanced technology is very much driving the scheme, so report lead contractor ACWA Emirates. The plant, which is sited in the western region of the country between the cities of Makkah and Jeddah, will have a 12,000m3/day capacity and features ACWA’s award-winning Memtreat® membrane bioreactor technology (MBR).

International air, water and effluent treatment specialist ACWA has won a highly prestigious contract to supply Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) with a de-alkaliser for its Sidcup site, in preparation for a predicted surge in demand for products in the Coca-Cola portfolio during the Olympics next year.

Following a rigorous procurement programme, innovative technology provider Hydro International has been awarded a five-year Framework Agreement by Scottish Water to supply sand filtration equipment.