SES Business Water strengthen broker relationships with new appointment
SES Business Water, a sister company of Sutton and East Surrey Water, has made a key appointment to strengthen its senior team as part of their preparation for the deregulation of the business water market in 2017.
South West Water starts work on £6m WTW scheme
South West Water is starting work this month on a £6 million project at Tottiford Water Treatment Works, near Bovey Tracey, to install six new granular activated carbon filters, a new pumping station and a state-of-the-art ultraviolet disinfection system at the works.
Owners of Morrison Utility Services acquire G4S Utility Services
G4S Utility & Outsourcing Services, a major provider of energy metering and outsourcing services in the UK, has today announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by a holding company of First Reserve, a global private equity investment firm with USD $31 billion of aggregate capital raised since inception.
NI Water competes £2m trunk main project
NI Water has completed a new £2 million water pipeline – the Carland to Cookstown Water Trunk Main in County Tyrone, which will improve the local water supply infrastructure, as well as the security of the water supply in Cookstown and the surrounding areas.
Retail market: Veolia Water Retail (UK) Ltd applies for licences
Veolia Water Retail (UK) Ltd has applied to Ofwat for a water supply licence and sewerage licence ahead of the non-household retail market opening for business in April 2017.
CMA unconditionally approves Severn Trent’s acquisition of Dee Valley Water
The Competition and Markets Authority has given its unconditional formal approval for Severn Trent's proposed acquisition of Dee Valley Water.
Trio of firms fined £2m after worker’s leg is broken in storm drain trench collapse
Three companies have been sentenced today at Lincoln Crown Court after a worker’s leg was broken in six places when a trench which he was working in collapsed on him.
United Utilities to pay £340k in compensation for boil water disruption
United Utilities has confirmed it will pay £20 compensation to all 17,000 customers who have been affected by a boil water notice in parts of Greater Manchester.
Retail market:Business Stream and Utilitywise to offer single contract multi-utility deal
Business customers will soon be able to manage all of their major utilities in one place via a single contract multi-utility deal for water, gas and electricity.
Balfour Beatty expects positive cash balance by year end
Balfour Beatty is expecting to deliver its phase one self-help targets of £200 million cash in: £100 million cost out and also to have a positive net cash balance by year end, according to its latest trading update covering the period to 12 December 2016.
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ABB launches digital platform for optimizing operation of water networks
ABB has launched AquaMaster+™, a digital platform for smart water network management, designed to help water utilities monitor, analyze and manage their water networks, preventing pipeline water losses and optimizing operations. -
Safe access solutions a key requirement for water sector and other Critical Infrastructure Providers
Craig Nienaber, Business Development Manager for Safe Access Solutions (SAS) at HUBER Technology, explores why the company is seeing a growing level of interest in its safe access solutions for critical infrastructure providers, including their application in wastewater treatment assets. -
Albion Water appoints new Director of Business Development
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. -
Webinar to explore moving indirect potable water reuse to full implementation
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.
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Southern Water showcases last footage inside Yew Hill Reservoir before filling
Southern Water has released film and images showing what it’s like to walk inside Hampshire’s expanded Yew Hill underground reservoir for the very last time, before it gets filled with water. -
Scottish Water completes £235m investment in two-way connection between drinking water networks
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. -
United Utilities accelerates investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across Northwest
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