Atkins has been appointed by Severn Trent Water as one of five firms on its Sewerage Management Planning framework which will deliver around £50 million of investment to reduce flooding, pollution incidents and the company’s overall carbon footprint as part of its AMP6 investment programme.

Under the contract, between 2015-2020 Atkins will deliver a variety of sewerage management planning work including waste water hydraulic modelling and analysis. The projects will help Severn Trent realise their AM6 business plan ambitions which include better value; better services (including reductions in flooding incidents); and a better environment (including reducing pollution incidents and their overall carbon footprint).

 The framework has options to extend up to 2020 and complements the existing AMP6 Engineering Consultancy framework. Atkins, which employs 8,900 staff across the UK including 1,500 staff working in its Water, Ground and Environment division, already has a long established working relationship with Severn Trent.  The firm worked with the utility on the last AMP5 investment period and previously on other sewerage modelling frameworks.

Jim Hale, client director, Atkins, said:

“The safe removal of waste water may be less glamorous than providing a clean water supply, but it’s equally as important. Our appointment to this framework means our people, ranging from network modellers to sustainable urban drainage specialists, have the opportunity to apply more than 15 years of knowledge and experience of working with Severn Trent Water to help maximise this investment in waste water and meet the long-term objective that no customer will be affected by serious sewer flooding.”

Atkins plays a key role in delivering sewerage planning services for water and sewerage companies across the UK and abroad. Services include integrated catchment modelling to understand the flood risk in catchments and development of innovative and collaborative solutions.