PriceWaterhouseCoopers has won a £6 million contract for the management and implementation of initiatives under Welsh Water’s Retail Transformation Programme.
PWC was one of two companies to bid for the work which went out to tender in June 2015 via the Utilities Vendor Data Base (UVDB). The UVDB is the established qualification service for the UK utilities industries operated and administered by Achilles Information Limited on behalf of the subscribers.
The subscribing utilities use the UVDB as a common system for the registration of suppliers, contractors and service providers.
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.