St Gobain PAM UK has been awarded a £5 million-plus contract to supply manhole covers to Bournemouth Water, Wessex Water, Bristol Water , Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water and Wales & West Utilities Limited.
Bournemouth Water acted as lead procurement organisation for the supply of ductile iron access covers and frames to members of the Western Procurement Hub.
Total final value of the contract, which was tendered in two Lots, is £5.4 million. Four companies were in the bidding for Lot 1 Small Covers and Frames worth £2. 2 million, while three companies bid Lot 2 Large Covers and Frames worth £3.2 million.
Uniwater has acquired Hy-Ram Engineering, a specialist in tooling, products and hire for the water sector, based in Mansfield, England.
Near-real-time microbial monitoring of wastewater discharge and bathing waters is now possible thanks to the BactoSense ID solution created by Swiss-based bNovate Technologies.

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.
Hear how United Utilities is accelerating its investment to reduce spills from storm overflows across the Northwest.