Yorkshire Water has gone out to tender with an AMP8 contract for company car leasing and accident management services worth an estimated £12 million.
Yorkshire Water is planning to install up to 1,000 electrical vehicle (EV) charging points across its sites and colleagues’ homes, as the water company strengthens its electric fleet on its journey to net zero.
Costain has been appointed by United Utilities to provide consultancy, engineering and design support services to deliver the Concept and Definition Phase of works to help phase out fossil fuels within the network.
Anglian Water is making history with its carbon reduction programme with the UK utility industry’s first fully electric jetting 4-ton van.
Wessex Water is introducing new HGV trucks powered by biomethane from sewage and food waste to its fleet.
SES Water has announced that all new vehicles offered to employees through its company car scheme will be either electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles as part of the water industry’s Public Interest Commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030.
Northumbrian Water Group and Ford Motor Company are trialling an innovative piece of life-saving technology which is set to protect key workers out in the field.
“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.