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The company has ear- marked £340M for improv- ing drinking water quality; almost £115M for its sewer in- frastructure; and more than £174M for tackling waste- water discharges, including reducing the impact of more than 60 storm overƒ ow dis- charges to the River Clyde and Water of Leith catch- ments. It has also allocated almost £66m to reduce the impact of discharges from two large Glasgow wastewa- ter treatment works. The utility said most of the cost would be met by custom- er charges of £7bn and net new government borrowing of £720m. "We expect that our future capital investment require- ments will remain around £500m per annum (in 2012/13 prices) as a result of increas- ing capital maintenance re- quirements and ongoing in- vestment to improve services to meet customers' expecta- tions in areas of water supply resilience and prevention of ƒ ooding from sewers," the company said. Days a" er the capital spend announcement Scot- tish Water said it had com- pleted a £2.5m upgrade at the Kirkcaldy wastewater treat- ment works, located at Path- head Sands and constructed in the 1980s. wwtonline.co.uk Industry news Irish Water has welcomed the Irish government's deci- sions on water charges and allowances, arguing that there is a "critical need to invest in Ireland's water in- frastructure to bring it up to the standards needed for a modern country". Irish Water also wel- comed the government's €200m in additional fund- ing for capital projects for 2015 and 2016 that brings total capital investment to more than €1.1bn between now and 2016. Environment minister Phil Hogan said that the ● €200m in additional funding for capital projects for 2015 and 2016 ● 30,000 litres of water free for households a year government agreed that Irish Water's subvention in 2015 and 2016 will be conditional on the average domestic water charge per household not exceeding €240 per year, subject to ž - nal assessment of Irish Wa- ter costs by the Commission for Energy Regulation. Hogan said: "At the heart of the government's pro- gramme of establishing Irish Water is ž xing a system that is not ž t for purpose. 23,500 people are on boil water no- tices; 40% of our water sup- ply is lost on leakage; 16% of our water supplies are at risk, a£ ecting over 1 million people; one-third of second- ary wastewater treatment plants had inadequate e¤ u- ent standards in 2012; and there is virtually no spare supply capacity in Dublin. "With a single new utili- ty, rather than 34, providing Irish Water welcomes water charges decision Contract Tracker Indian contract for Suez Suez Environmental subsidiary Degrémont has won contracts worth £50m in India. The city of Mumbai has commissioned Suez to improve drinking water distribution under a fi ve- year contract worth £24m in revenue. Pune Municipal Corporation has awarded Degrémont a £15.5m contract to design, build, operate and maintain a drinking water plant for the city. Degrémont expects to take 30 months to build the drinking water plant and operate it for fi ve years. Degrémont also has contracts to design and operate two wastewater treatment plants in Bangalore. Thames Water tenders for Tideway Tunnel The tender for the third and fi nal section of the Thames Tideway Tunnel has been released by Thames Water, with the successful bidders expected to be announced in May 2015. The project is split geographically into three contracts worth up to £2.3bn. The project is due to start in 2016 and will involve 24 construction sites in London. Mike Gerrard, Thames Tideway Tunnel managing director, said: "We are making excellent progress with the tender process and we are confi dent that we will receive competitive bids that will result in the best value for our customers." water services more cost- e£ ectively, we can address these challenges, manage the €11bn asset base more e¥ ciently and provide the security of water supply." Key points to the changes: • Free allowance of 30,000 litres per household, • The average house- hold charge will be around €240 until the end of 2016 • Free ž rst-ž x scheme for households • Households with me- ters installed will pay for actual usage • Other households will pay an assessed charge approximating actual usage • The pace and extent of meter installation will increase. wwtonline.co.uk 75% of Nigerians will have access to potable drinking water by 2015 as part of an eff ort to meet the Millennium Development Goal seven target, according to the Federal government. Nigeria's minister of water resources, Sarah Ochekpe, said that only 65% of Nigerians currently had access to potable drinking water. Various state governments are expanding their water schemes in Nigeria. "There is a critical need to invest in Ireland's water infrastructure to meet the standards needed for a modern country" IRISH WATER

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