Thames Water has gone out to tender with a major contract to put a Programme Partners Framework in place for its Strategic Resource Options projects worth an estimated £150 million – the water company has also this week separately tendered a £300 million SRO Technical Partners Framework.

Scottish Water invested a record £886 million in the last year – but the water company is warning it will need higher investment levels in future to maintain vital services in the face of a changing climate and ageing water and waste water assets.

Thames Water has gone out to tender with an AMP7/8 contract to put a Technical Partners Framework in place for its Strategic Resource Options Programmes worth an estimated £300 million.

Stephen Barge, chief engineer and Gwion Kennard, director digital engineering, Atkins, take a look at why future catchment management demands an integrated, digital approach. 

Wessex Water is getting ready to start work on a multi-million pound investment in three schemes in Wiltshire, including a scheme of nearly £3 million to improve the sewer network in the centre of Bradford on Avon.

The Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority has gone out to tender with a major construction contract for the Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 - Scapa Deep Water Quay worth an estimated £200 million.  NOTE Deadline to tender has now been extended from 28 July to 28th August.

Ofwat has today confirmed its final decision to allow 33 infrastructure schemes, totalling £2.2 billion, with work valued at around £500 million beginning in the next two financial years, from 2023-24. 

A number of news channels are this morning reporting that Southern Water is considering “bill rises of 73%” for its upcoming AMP8 2025-30 investment programme.

Scottish Water has reached a major milestone multi-million-pound project to upgrade an important sewage pipeline serving an Ayrshire beauty spot – a new temporary overland pipe has been put in place for the start of the bathing season.

One of the biggest pipeline projects in Europe provided the backdrop for a recent event organised by Fisher German for professionals in the utilities sector at an inaugural Pipeline Industries Guild (PIG) networking event.