Water & Wastewater Treatment

4 | DECEMBER 2014 | WWT | www.wwtonline.co.uk Industry news December Anglian Water has an- nounced the final set of framework partners who will deliver around £200M of work across its region dur- ing AMP6. Five companies are ex- pected to form the firm's Integrated Maintenance and Repair (IMR) alliance, the final one of four alliances that Anglian Water has es- tablished for AMP6. Clancy Docwra and Kier MG have signed contracts to carry out the firm's water infrastructure maintenance work. This will include carry- ing out around 40,000 jobs a year such as repairing burst mains, finding and fixing leaks and replacing lead pipes. The contract is expected to be worth around £140M between 2015 and 2020. Anglian Water names final AMP6 framework partners Contract Tracker EA's £300M Thames estuary flood defence deal goes to CH2M Hill The £300M contract for the Thames Estuary Asset Management Programme has been awarded to CH2M Hill by the Environment Agency. The major tidal flood defence programme represents the first ten years of a 100-year programme developed by the EA to protect London and the Thames estuary from cur- rent and future tidal flood- ing through to 2100. CH2M Hill will be working alongside its delivery partner, Balfour Beatty, and specialist sup- pliers including Critigen, Hunton Engineering, KGAL and Qualter Hall. Hardy Services to renovate UU reservoirs Family-run company Hardy Services is renovating Wayoh reservoir, near Bolton, as the first stage of a £160,000 programme to improve safety at five reservoirs in the North- west. The contract has been awarded by United Utilities (UU). The work at Wayoh involves cleaning the spillway by removing all the vegetation and jet-washing the face of the stonework before pressure- grouting the original stone sets to secure the spillway and prevent it declining further. The renovations at Wayoh will be finished by Christmas. A second team from Hardys has already begun similar work at Quarry Hill, in Cumbria, and engineers will then move onto Borrans, Horlock and Pen- nington reservoirs, all of them also in Cumbria. Meanwhile, Clancy Docwra, Claret Civil Engi- neering, Danaher & Walsh and Public Sewer Services have been announced the preferred bidders for its wa- ter recycling maintenance work, which includes fixing collapsed sewers and replac- ing damaged manholes. This section of work is expected to be worth over £60M in the same period, 2015-2020. Jason Tucker, Head of Capital Delivery and Supply Chain Management for An- glian Water, said: "Confirm- ing our partners and pre- ferred bidders for the final two alliances brings our tier one AMP6 procurement pro- cess near to its conclusion. "Putting our entire tier one workload out to tender at one time has meant a lot of work, but it's also proved to be a great opportunity to challenge how we do busi- ness, ultimately for the ben- efit of our customers. We're confident the carefully se- lected partners are the best suited to meet our targets and the expectations of our customers, to drive innova- tion and efficiency through- out our processes, and to work collaboratively over the next 15 years." To maximise collabora- tive working and efficiency, contracts may run for 15 years, with a review a™er each five-year AMP period. This is one of the longest collaborations in the indus- try, and means these con- tracts could deliver around £600M of investment over 15 years. Already this year, the company has confirmed its partners for its Integrated Main Works Capital (IMWC) which will retain the '@one Alliance' brand, Integrated Metering and Developer Ser- vices (IMDS) and Integrated Operational Solutions (IOS) alliances, representing al- most £2BN of the company's investment programme dur- ing AMP6. wwtonline.co.uk A University of Warwick PhD student has scooped an industry prize for her research into the use of boron-doped diamond (BDD) in water sensors. Zoe Ayres won the 2014 SWIG Early Career Researcher Competition for her work on a new sensor for monitoring heavy metals in lakes, rivers and oth- er harsh aqueous environments. The sensor, which is under development, uses a BDD electrode to detect and quantify heavy metals that are present in the water source. Ayres was presented with a trophy and a cheque for £1,000 for winning the competition, held at the WWEM Conference in Telford. Entrants were required to present their work in poster form to the judges, with the posters from the 12 shortlisted researchers on display in the exhibition hall where they attracted attention from industry attendees. Ayres (le ) is pictured receiving her prize from Rosa Richards, Programme Manager at the Sensors for Water Interest Group (SWIG). 55% The possible reduction in household water bills that customers can receive under Dwr Cymru Welsh Water's new social tariff 'HelpU', aimed at assisting the most disadvantaged customers. The tariff will be introduced in April 2015.

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