NI Water has awarded a contract for wastewater treatment equipment worth an estimated £21 million.
The contract, which was tendered in 2 Lots, is for the supply, testing and commissioning of Rotating Biological Contactors (RBCs) to the water company.
Lot 1, for Packaged RBC Plants, is worth an estimated £14 million in total. Aylesbury based Kee Process Ltd and Wednesbury firm Tuke and Bell Ltd have both been awarded contracts - the only two companies who bid for the work.
Both firms have also won contracts under Lot 2 for Modular RBCs, together with West Midlands headquartered firm Jacopa Ltd. Four companies were in the bidding for the work, which is worth an estimated £7 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.