Water & Wastewater Treatment

4 | september 2014 | WWt | www.wwtonline.co.uk Industry news September There are 13 categories this year, including Engineer of the Year; Water Resource Management Initiative of the Year; Data Project of the Year; and Partnership Initia- tive of the Year. Organised by Water & Wastewater Treatment and sister title WET News, the awards celebrate and reward forward thinking and best practice in the water industry. ● Entry for the 2015 Water Industry Achievement Awards is now open! Water industry 'Oscars' now open for entries Contract Tracker Yorkshire extends MUS contract morrison Utility services' (mUs) Water services Agreement contract with Yorkshire Water has been extended for a further three years. SW names MWH as AMP6 partner southern Water has ap- pointed mWH as its new strategic solutions part- ner. the contract will see mWH working with south- ern Water to implement its ambitious £1.6b Amp6 investment programme. the contract is believed to be worth £100m-£200m. Kier gets Bristol contract… Kier will be the sole provid- er of bristol Water's annual £20m network mainte- nance services programme. The five-year contract, which has a potential five- year extension, will start from October 1, 2014. …and Sembcorp Bournemouth Water contract sembcorp bournemouth Water (sbW) has announced that Kier is the new delivery partner for its £3.5m a year planned and reactive maintenance programme. Kier's two-year deal, which has a potential five-year extension, includes repair and maintenance, mains laying and meter installation. Seven sponsors have al- ready confirmed their sup- port of this year's scheme – the premier awards event in the water industry calendar. Making a welcome return are NM Group, sponsoring Most Innovative New Technology of the Year; the CPSA, spon- soring Sustainable Drainage & Flood Management Initia- tive of the Year; Doosan En- pure, sponsoring Outstand- ing Individual Contribution to the Water Industry; Asset International, sponsoring Carbon Reduction Initiative of the Year; Imtech, spon- soring Partnership Initiative of the Year; TES, co-spon- soring People Initiative of the Year; and Ofwat, spon- soring Outstanding Innova- tion 2015. The winners will be an- nounced at a black-tie din- ner and ceremony at the Hil- ton Birmingham Metropole on April 21, 2015. Closing date for entries is December 12th and full details, including the entry process itself, are at www. wwtonline.co.uk/awards £1.3BN The amount Ofwat has told United Utilities, Thames Water and Bristol Water they need to cut from their re-submitted plans for AMP6 in order to bring them in line with its own calculation of efficient wholesale costs. The regulator has written to each of them asking for cuts of: £203M from Bristol Water, £331M from Thames Water and £760M from United Utilities. United Utilities (UU) has gently criticised One Direction star Harry Styles for keeping the tap running while he brushes his teeth during a video clip. A UU spokesman said: "This video shows water head- ing in One Direction: down the plug hole. But a running tap wastes more than six litres of water a minute. "If all Harry's fans remember to switch the tap off every time they brush millions of litres of water would be saved every day. We're sure Harry simply forgot on this occasion – but we'd be more than happy to send him and the rest of the band one of our free water saving packs, to help them do their bit." See the video at wwtonline.co.uk

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