Scottish Water has awarded a contract for sewer survey services worth an estimated £18 million.
RPS Group Plc and Onsite Central Ltd have both been appointed on the contract, which will run for 6 years with an additional six 1 year extension options.
The main scope of service under the contract is the provision of short term flow surveys. However, inside the scope of service, the suppliers will also be required to undertake manhole and ancillary surveys, incorporating pumping station surveys, combined sewer overflow surveys and impermeable area surveys, as well as CCTV surveys.
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.