Thames Water has recently completed over £50 million worth of infrastructure upgrades across North London to boost resilience, mitigate the risk of bursts and leaks and future proof its clean water supply.
Uisce Éireann is set to commence essential water main replacement works in Knockdrin, Co Westmeath, which will improve the security of water supply and significantly reduce high levels of leakage in the area.
Yorkshire Water is starting work this week on two mains replacement schemes with a combined value of £3.73 million in total.
Yorkshire Water is progressing work on more projects in its £406 million AMP8 mains replacement programme.
Uisce Éireann is progressing work on a €multi-million programme to tackle ongoing discolouration issues in Cork City – the water company is currently replacing 2.4 kilometres of old cast iron water mains prone to bursts on the northside of the city.
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Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has gone out to tender with a major contract for AMP8/9 Water Network Alliance Delivery Frameworks with an estimated value of £752 million.
Barhale has secured two further contracts under Thames Water’s AMP7 Conditional Allowance Trunk Main Schemes - both adjacent to major London railway terminuses.
Thames Water has commenced the final stages of its project to future-proof water pipes across North East London. The multi-million-pound upgrade, which includes three large trunk mains, will build resilience across the local area and keep taps flowing for customers.
Thames Water is starting work this month on a £2.5million scheme to replace 4.3 miles (6.9km) of worn-out Victorian water mains in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
“SAS (Surplus Activated Sludge) is a bit weird and can do odd things,” says Stuart Chatten, Lead Bioresources Technician at Whitlingham Water Recycling Centre (WRC), one of Anglian Water’s principal centres for processing sewage, serving a population of 400,000.
Owen Mace has taken over as Director of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) Plastic Pipes Group on the retirement of Caroline Ayres. He was previously Standards and Technical Manager for the group.
PureTec Separations, the Ledbury-based water treatment engineering firm, has appointed Dan Norman as its new Sales Manager – Water Process Systems, supporting the company’s continued growth in the UK and international markets.
bNovate has launched BactoCloud, a secure cloud-based platform that connects and manages its BactoSense instruments, enabling real-time monitoring and optimization of microbial water quality.