Southern Water has opened the market engagement process for the Hampshire Water Transfer and Water Recycling Project. The utility is seeking feedback in particular from investors, construction and operating and maintenance contractors and/or potential consortia (which may involve their wider supply chain) that may be interested in the project.

Ofwat has expanded the Approach to the RAPID programme and gated process for PR24, enabling more solutions to join. 

Thames Water have now awarded the Programme Partner framework to support the delivery of its Strategic Resource Options (SRO) Programme.

Thames Water is inviting interested suppliers to register to attend a market engagement briefing event in October to find out more about the current proposals to deliver several reservoirs as part of the Strategic Resource Options (SROs) programme, including the Southeast Strategic Reservoir Option (SESRO).

In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, Jon Darwent, Principal Consultant at Stantec argues that for strategic resource options (SROs) to contribute to best value regional plans, they need to be developed with a focus on the objectives and criteria by which plans will be judged, avoid uneconomic investments, operational inefficiencies and enhance resilience.