The Environment Agency has awarded a framework contract for the supply of medium capacity pumpsets and equipment worth an estimated £7 million.
The Agency has a requirement for the supply of diesel driven medium head pump sets of a variety of sizes and associated equipment to enable it to carry out its statutory and voluntary undertakings in relation to the maintenance and operation of flood defences and river channels.
Rattlesden- based firm Pioneer Pumps Ltd has been awarded the contract – one of 11 companies in the bidding for the framework.
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.