Northumbrian Water is one of three suppliers to win a contract with Sunderland Council for legionella monitoring services.
The contract covers the provision of legionella monitoring and maintenance of water supplies across Sunderland City Council sites.
The water company was awarded the contract for the Washington and Coalfields area of the city.
Clearwater Technology Ltd and Belfast company Graham Environmental Services won contracts covering Sunderland North and East and Sunderland South and West respectively.
No information has been made available about the overall value of the contract, which runs for four years.
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.