Ofwat has granted three more water and sewerage licences ahead of retail market opening.
The water industry regulation has issued the licences to The Water Retail Company, Invicta Water Ltd and Veolia Water Retail (UK) Ltd.
The latest WSSL licences for the business retail market are effective from market opening in April 2017.
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.