Pennon Water Group Services Ltd has submitted an application to Ofwat for a water supply and sewerage licence ahead of the opening of the non-household English market to competition in April 2017. The group believes it can take a top five position in the retail market.
New research suggests that the impact of introducing household retail competition in the water sector could lead to pressure on existing cross-subsidies provided by incumbent companies to more vulnerable customers, if more higher margin households switch suppliers.
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.
“SAS (Surplus Activated Sludge) is a bit weird and can do odd things,” says Stuart Chatten, Lead Bioresources Technician at Whitlingham Water Recycling Centre (WRC), one of Anglian Water’s principal centres for processing sewage, serving a population of 400,000.
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.