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NI Water Ch Exec Sarah Venning takes a sip of water as she gives evidence to DRD cttee. Cue ironic comments! @Tracey_utv FEBRUARY 2015 WET NEWS 3 T wo joint ventures, Agility and KCD, are to work with Thames Water in a new alliance that will deliver up to £1bn worth of business over the next • ve years. The new coalition has further potential to deliver water networks and developer services for Thames Water for up to the next 15 years. Agility comprises J Murphy & Sons and Morrison Utility Services, while KCD is made up from Kier Services and Clancy Docwra. The two ventures were selected following a rigorous procurement process - 130 assessors from 17 Thames Water departments have evaluated submissions from potential delivery partners over the past three months. Thames Water managing director of wholesale water Bob Collington said:Š"Agility and KCD will join the Thames Water family, working alongside us H alf of Yorkshire Water's energy needs is to be met through renewable electricity supplied by Selby- based Haven Power. The development follows the signing of a new contract, which extends the partnership between the water company and npower up to March 2017. The deal, facilitated by RWE Supply and Trading, is expected to save Yorkshire Water £250k, Šand help to keep customers' bills down. Yorkshire Water has seen an increase of 80% in renewable energy generation over the past year, partly because of increas- ing generation from the two new facilities at Bradford and She˜ eld. This contributed to a reduction in the company's More JVs join Thames' AMP6 programme ™ New coalition appointed to deliver water networks and developer services for Thames potentially for the next 15 years. Yorkshire Water and npower continue renewable partnership carbon footprint by 15,000 tonnes in the past year. Ben Roche, head of Energy & Recycling at Yorkshire Water, said: "It's been a fantastic year for renewable energy at Yorkshire Water and our deal with Haven is a great link up for two Yorkshire companies while continuing our existing partnership with npower." Sulzer Pumps Wastewater UK Ltd 5th Floor Astral Towers Crawley West Sussex Tel: 01293 558169 Sulzerinnovation@sulzer.com www.sulzer.com Explore the full range of premium efficiency wastewater products. From the ABS submersible sewage pump XFP offering world-class energy savings to the world's most compact and energy efficient direct driven ABS HST20 High Speed Turbocompressor. Revolutionary energy saving in all key applications. Explore our World Sulzer Advert concepts V4_Layout 1 06/03/2014 16:55 Page 2 and our other partners in eight2O, to deliver our AMP6 programme and beyond. We strongly believe these two alliances will create aligned goals and objectives throughout the supply chain, standing us in the best possible position to deliver our customer and stakeholder promises." Collington said the alliance and eight2O will jointly agree processes for work allocation based on "best customer outcome and cost". He added: "I am determined to ensure that investment and delivery are customer-focused at all times. By bringing greater innovation to process and techniques, I hope we can build on the past to improve performance further in the future." Drew Ritchie, Agility Alliance director, said:Š"Agility is delighted to have been awarded this long-term strategic relationship with Thames Water, together with our new alliance partner KCD. This is a fantastic opportunity to partner with Thames Water to drive up standards in safety, further improve customer service and deliver e˜ ciencies through innovation, sustain- ability and best practice." Paul Fletcher, KCD director, added:Š"This is an excellent opportunity for our combined teams to leverage the wide range of skills and the strong track record that we have collectively built up in the sector. The alliance should provide an innovative and forward-thinking way to deliver comprehensive asset manage- ment services; enabling Thames Water to maximise the performance of its network, so we are very much looking forward to starting work with them." UKIP's David McNarry tells NI Water CEO Sara Venning his question could be an- swered if she was an engineer. Quick reply: "I am an engineer". @SJAMcBride YOU WHAT? NEED TO KNOW The Agility and KCD alliance will help deliver up to £1bn worth of business over the next – ve years for Thames Water The collaboration will support eight2O, Thames Water's capital delivery alliance for AMP6 and beyond The eight2O partners comprise CVA (Costain, Veolia and Atkins); SMB (Skanska, MWH and Balfour Beatty); programme manager MWH; and technology innovator IBM Thames Water adopted a rigorous procurement process for this latest deal, with 130 assessors from 17 of its departments having evaluated submissions from potential delivery partners over the past three months The – rm has seen an 80% increase in renewable energy regeneration NI Water pensions dispute Who is running NI Water - company or unions? 'I think it's the company' (Sara Venning CEO) amazing! @visionworkstv Thankfully the misery of families deprived of water has been ended by the agreement reached between NIWater & the Union. #Welcome @M_McGuinness_SF WET News is registered at Stationers' Hall. 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There's clearly been a commissariat directive to call NI Water strikers «public servants». Self-servants, more like. @NewtonEmerson

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