Southern Water has awarded an AMP8 contract for the assessment of new wastewater technologies, processes and associated mechanisms worth an estimated c £1.03 million.

Current estimated start and end contract dates are 3 June 2025 to 31 March 2030.
The water company has made a direct award contract for research laboratory services to the University of Portsmouth.
The contract will focus technology trials on the challenges facing small rural sites. A collaborative "Innovation Hub" is being established between the University of Portsmouth and Southern Water at the University Environmental Technology Field Station on land rented from Southern Water at its Petersfield Wastewater Treatment Works.
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.