United Utilities is exploring the impact of environmental factors on the cost of delivering wholesale wastewater services.
The water company has awarded a contract for environmental issues consultancy services to Ove Arup & Partners.
United Utilities has set up the framework agreement in order to better understand the impact on costs of differences between regions and any relevant environmental factors — demographic, ecological, meteorological or any other external environmental factor.
United Utilities said the work would assist it in ensuring that the cost proposals for the delivery of wholesale wastewater services are efficient “relative to the varying challenges faced by all water companies.”
Sulzer has launched a new global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Water Treatment Solutions - the CoE consolidates Sulzer’s wastewater treatment expertise in a unified and global manner.
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Owen Mace has taken over as Director of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) Plastic Pipes Group on the retirement of Caroline Ayres. He was previously Standards and Technical Manager for the group.
PureTec Separations, the Ledbury-based water treatment engineering firm, has appointed Dan Norman as its new Sales Manager – Water Process Systems, supporting the company’s continued growth in the UK and international markets.
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