Thames Water has begun the competitive tender process inviting potential investors to bid for a stake in financing the £4.2bn Tideway Tunnel.
Construction of the Tunnel is still subject to a planning inquiry by the Planning Inspectorate – today is the deadline for the Inspectorate to submit its recommendation.
Last week the Government announced that the Thames Tideway Tunnel project had been classified as a Specified Infrastructure Project. The specification notice prohibits Thames Water from conducting the main tunnel construction works and requires the company to tender the project through a competitive procurement process for a separate Infrastructure Provider.
The IP will finance, design, construct, operate, maintain and own the tunnel assets. The successful bidder will be announced in early 2015, when the main works contracts will also be confirmed.
Albion Water, the first NAV (New Appointment & Variation) to have been established in1999 and now under the ownership of SDS Water Group, has appointed Andy Holland as its new Director of Business Development.
UK water companies are invited to join an upcoming webinar which will explore how the sector can take indirect potable reuse (IPR) from concept to full-scale operational reality.
James Sumsion, CEO of predictive water intelligence specialists Kohtari, says the water sector needs to take a giant leap forward, so that it can anticipate and act upon water quality issues - rather than merely react.
Ray Moulds, Sales Director at Flood Control International, takes a look at how automated sliding floodgates are supporting secondary containment at water and sewerage company sites.
Hear how Scottish Water has completed its £235 million Ayrshire Glasgow Resilience Project - customers across Greater Glasgow, Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire will now benefit from a more secure and resilient water supply.
Hear how United Utilities is accelerating its investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across the Northwest.
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