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| NEWS More Tideway Tunnel work up for grabs The procuremenT process for the £800M East package of work to construct London's 25km Thames Tideway Tunnel is now underway, with Thames Water announcing that invitations to tender have been sent out. Final bidders for the East package will be announced in May 2015. The invitation to tender for the Central package, worth £600-950M, is expected in April; while the procurement process of the West package began in December. Mike Gerrard, Thames Tideway Tunnel managing director, said: "The tender process is now well under way and we are confident that our process will ensure competitive bids that will result in the best value for our customers." The shortlisted companies for the three main works packages are: l East: Bam Nuttall, Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall; Bechtel and Strabag; Bouygues Travaux Publics; Costain, Vinci and Bachy; and Hochtief and Murphy l Central: Bam Nuttall, Balfour Beatty and Morgan Sindall; Costain, Vinci and Bachy; Ferrovial Agroman and Laing O'Rourke; and Skanska, Bilfinger and Razel Bec l West: Bam Nuttall, Balfour Beatty and Morgan Sindall: Costain, Vinci and Bachy; Dragados and Samsung; Ferrovial Agroman and Laing O'Rourke The £2.3B Thames Tideway Tunnel is a major new sewer that will help tackle the problem of overflows from the capital's Victorian sewers and will protect the tidal River Thames from increasing pollution for at least the next 100 years. "We are building for 22nd Century London to create a cleaner, healthier River Thames. The Thames Tideway Tunnel is needed to tackle the tens of millions of tonnes of raw sewage which discharge into the tidal River Thames every year. The river needs cleaning up and it needs to be cleaned up now." The Development Consent Application is being considered by the Planning Inspectorate and, subject to this being granted, construction is due to start in 2016. It will involve 24 sites across London. 2 | WET News | February 2014 CONTENTS neWS 2, 3 conTrAcT neWS 4 neWS AnAlySiS 6 Forum 7 Viewpoint / Comment SpoTliGhT on... Asset maintenance 9 Sustainability Live / IWEX 2014 10 Case study: CSOs 12 FeATureS Sludge treatment 13-14 Sampling & monitoring 15 IT & telemetry 16 Pipes & drainage 18-20 neW proDucTS 22 clASSiFieD 23-25 SupplierS on TAp 25-27 WATerbuTT 28 Perfect Self-Priming PUMPS SP Series pumps are perfect for emptying IBC's, drums, tanks, sumps & bunds. 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ISO 55001 recognises Scottish Water's ability to achieve business objectives through efficient management of assets, such as water treatment works, by focusing on getting maximum value for customers from an asset at the lowest possible cost. It said achieving the standard demonstrates its commitment to making further infrastructure improvements while keeping customer bills low. Maureen Sumner Smith, UK managing director at BSI, said: "We are pleased that Babcock and Scottish Water are the first customers to achieve certification to the new international standard for asset management, ISO 55001. "It demonstrates the hard work and dedication that has gone into building a well-structured and robust approach to managing their assets. This is testament to their commitment to best practice and continual improvement and will, in turn, provide reassurance and confidence to new and existing customers." Colin Duguid, deputy quality manager at Scottish Water, said: "ISO 55001 enables us to demonstrate to customers and regulators that we've achieved a high degree of professionalism in the use of our assets across Scotland to produce clean drinking water and remove waste water safely and efficiently." uK-bASeD engineering, water and wastewater busi- ness Biwater is to construct a seawater desalination plant, water storage and wastewater facilities on Tor- tola, the largest and most populated island of the Brit- ish Virgin Islands. To help fund the con- struction Biwater has re- ceived dual tranche $43M (£26M) project financing from Barclays, backed by a 100% repayment guarantee from UK Export Finance. The works will benefit the local community for generations to come by ensuring an ade- quate and reliable supply of drinking water all year-round, along with improved sewage facilities. Also, the marine environment, which is of vital importance to the resi- dents of Tortola, will be better protected with the improved sewage treatment facilities to be provided by Biwater. Barclays acted as the Sole Advisor, Arranger, Lend- er and Facility Agent. The successful financial close of the complex trans- action relied upon substan- tial collaboration between specialist units across Barclays Corporate and Investment Bank- ing, including CAPEX Financing Solutions, Infra- structure & Project Finance and the Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics team. Biwater gets funding for desalination project norThumbriAn Water has been using innovative technology to clean a water pipe on the iconic Tyne Bridge without affecting traffic. The pipe runs the full length of the bridge, and the cleaning work is being carried out by Seymour Civil Engineering. The project, which will take four weeks to complete, is part of Northumbrian's £66M The Main Event investment programme and entails cleaning 850m of a 600mm diameter water pipe on the eastern side of the bridge. The old steel water pipe was installed in 1927 when the bridge was built, and has been difficult to clean without major disruption until the use inbrieF Scottish Water's wastewater treatment works at Tannadice and water treatment facilities at Turret, Lintrathen and Cas- tle Moffat are generating more energy than actually used. The 'self-sufficiency' is the result of using hydro power. Huber Technology has announced that it has been awarded a large order for six off coarse Screens, six off Fine Screens and four off Screenings Handling units for the largest sew- age treatment plant in Northern Ireland. KGN Pillinger has added the development of stainless steel fabrication services to its portfolio. The company said stainless steel pipework is is now being recognised by contractors and consultants as a viable option. Allvalves Online has spent the past eight months working behind the scenes with actuator manufacturer Sun Yeh. The agreement was made following a meeting with Sun Yeh and Allvalves' new German partners at the company offices in Pershore last October. Asset management recognition for Scottish Water Work on the western side of the bridge will take place later this year Pipe cleaning without traffic disruption of the new technology. By using pressure jets, the entire length of pipe will be cleaned from two locations either side of the bridge. Stuart Tilley, Northumbrian Water's project manager, said: "Our mains cleaning programme will make sure that our customers continue to receive excellent quality tap water in the future. We appreciate that the Tyne Bridge is busy and want to make sure that we keep disruption to a minimum here and throughout the programme. Providing work proceeds as planned, traffic will not be affected." Northumbrian Water will return to clean the section of pipe running along the western side of the bridge, using the same method, later this year. NEWS | COMING EVENTS edieWater events Check out www.edie.net/water for details of more conferences, training courses and similar events MarCh World Water Tech Investment Summit March 10-12: London; W: www.worldwater.rethinkevents. com- aprIl Water Industry achievement awards April 1, 2014; Hilton Birmingham Metropole Birmingham www.waterindustryachievementawards.info IWEX Water live April 1-3; NEC, Birmingham W: www.sustainabilitylive.com/content/iwex Wrc Innovation date April 30: Swindon; WRc; W: www.wrcplc.co.uk February 2014 | WET News | 3 World-class inevery every wastewaterproduct inevery inevery in efficiency Esc 8 tuv 7 pqrs 9 wxyz 0 * # 5 jkl 4 ghi 6 mno 2 abc 1 ,. 3 def 0 A 352.5 A 353.8 A 354.1 A 1.55 m 1827 l/s MAIN STATUS SETTING TREND ALARM ACKN. 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Scan the QR code or visit www.ABSEffeX.com The Heart of Your Process InTErnaTIonal engineering and project management company AMEC plans a £1.9B takeover of Swiss rival Foster Wheeler, creating a £5B group. AMEC said the two companies have provisionally agreed the outline terms for a recommended cash and share offer for all of Foster Wheeler's issued and to be issued share capital. The deal is subject to AMEC shareholder and regu- latory approvals, and is not expected to close until the second half of this year. Foster Wheeler has agreed not to solicit alternative pro- posals until February 22, 2014, by which time it is ex- pected that definitive agree- ments will be entered into. Foster Wheeler is an in- ternational engineering, construction and project management contractor and power equipment supplier, and AMEC believes the com- bination of the businesses "is a compelling proposition for all shareholders". Key benefits of the pro- posed combination include: Positioning AMEC to serve across the whole oil and gas value chain Improved geographic foot- print, more than doubling AMEC's current revenues in the growth regions, increas- ing its Latin America expo- sure and bringing scale ben- efits Annual cost synergies, esti- mated by AMEC to be at least $75M (£46M) Combining two highly skilled workforces with in- dustry-leading engineering and project management ex- pertise Commenting on the acqui- sition AMEC chief executive ThE MoST comprehensive national source of data on flood hazard and risk for Scotland has been published by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). The new flood maps are an important step in increasing understanding of the sources and impacts of flooding and will be a key tool in produc- ing Scotland's first ever coor- dinated plans to tackle flood risk. Developed in partnership with local authorities and Scottish Water, the flood maps share more information on flooding than ever before with members of the public. The show different types of flooding, the likelihood of this happening and the impact of flooding when it does hap- pen. The new national map, which builds on the informa- tion available in the previous Indicative River and Coastal Flood Map, features areas at risk from surface water flood- ing and includes information on depth and velocity where available. One of the other new flood maps developed by the agen- cy identifies areas where there is an opportunity for natural flood management, which is part of a more sustainable ap- proach to tackling flooding in Scotland. The maps will be used to produce Flood Risk Manage- ment Strategies (FRMS) and Local Flood Risk Manage- ment Plans (FRMP). InfraSTruCTurE managers are seeing real value in no- dig patch repair, according to contractors who are offering this service. For the past year, contractors have been able to attend an Energy & Utility Skills-accredited course in installation of the WRc- approved Pipe Doctor patch repair product from Source One Environmental. Mark Whitworth, of Scottish contractor Drain Dogs, has reported that response to offering Pipe Doctor repairs has been "phenomenal", particularly from local authorities. He said: "I've been in business less than 18 months and no- dig patch repair has been absolutely fundamental to building my new business. Patch repair involves sending a resin-impregnated fibre glass mat into the pipeworks wrapped around a packer, which then expands to push the mat against the damaged pipe wall at the required repair location. The repair made is permanent and watertight. AMEC plans £1.9B takeover of rival Samir Brikho said: "The com- bination of our two business- es, AMEC and Foster Wheel- er, would be financially and strategically attractive. As well as positioning us across the whole oil and gas value chain and providing scale in our growth regions, we would expect double-digit earnings enhancement in the first 12 months. I believe it would be a compelling proposition for our shareholders, customers and employees." AMEC operates in a num- ber of sectors including water, oil & gas, mining, govern- ment services and renewables / bioprocess. Foster Wheeler provides design and construc- tion, energy equipment and environmental services to industries including pharma- ceutical, petroleum, chemical and petrochemical. Scottish flood maps published Thumbs up for Pipe Doctor The repair is permanent and watertight

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