United Utilities has gone out to tender for early contractor involvement in project development for its £750 million Manchester and Pennines scheme.
Thames Water has proposed a £17.5 million plan to build two overspill tanks to capture sewage and stormwater in response to customers demanding action to protect their homes from sewer flooding.
The regulated UK water industry is continuing to spend hundreds of millions of pounds on new infrastructure and operational maintenance in the current 2010-15 AMP5 investment period, in contrast with ongoing weakness in other construction spend, according to a new report on the sector.
Water industry regulator Ofwat has hailed its approach to the 2009 price review, which set the water companies’ investment programme for the next five years, as “ a considerable success.”
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.