Stephen Timms MP, Chair of the House of Commons Work & Pensions Committee, has written to the Trustees of the Water Companies Pension Scheme to raise concerns about its decision to pay a £12 million scheme surplus to an employer, Bristol Water, instead of using the surplus to boost members’ pensions.
South West Water owners Pennon Group is planning to use the £3.7 billion net cash proceeds from the sale of waste company Viridor to fund water sector acquisitions, according to its latest trading update.
The merger between South West Water and Bournemouth Water has been referred for an in-depth phase 2 investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
City analysts said they still expect takeover deals in the utilities sector despite the current regulatory review in the water sector, according to the London Evening Standard (LES).
Sulzer has launched a new global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Water Treatment Solutions - the CoE consolidates Sulzer’s wastewater treatment expertise in a unified and global manner.
“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.