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APRIL 2015 WET NEWS 3 #CO 2013: For every 1 barrel of oil produced, 6 barrels (252gallons) of wastewater was pumped from ground #fracking @UniteWomenHI T hree joint ventures - BMB, FLO and CVB - are the preferred tenders to build the £4.2bn Thames Tideway Tunnel. The contracts are expected to be awarded in the summer, when the investors who will be chosen to nance and deliver the project as the Infrastructure Provider are announced. The project is split into three geographical packages. BMB JV (BAM Nuttall, Morgan Sindall T he Laing O'Rourke Imtech joint venture will carry out the multimillion-pound modernisation of United Utilities' (UU) Davyhulme Wastewater Treatment Works in Manchester. The modernisation programme will see the signi cant remediation of previously abandoned land in advance of the construction of six circular primary settlement tanks (PST) and a new activated sludge plant (ASP) with ten circular nal settlement tanks (FST). This work will lead to signi cant environmental bene ts for the site, improving Thames Tideway picks JV triad to build 'super sewer' ' Thousands of jobs to be created as contractors are selected following intense competition to build sewer. the out" ow, and subsequently the quality, of water entering the Manchester Ship Canal. The JV will employ industry leading digital engineering and DfMA (Design for Manufacture and Assembly) processes on the project. The delivery team on the project comprises design heavyweights Hyder Consulting and Mott MacDonald, who will be working in collaboration with the Laing O'Rourke Imtech Integrated JV; together this team has a proven track record of designing and delivering some of the UK's most complex water projects. and Balfour Beatty Group) has the West contract; FLO JV (Ferrovial Agroman UK, Laing O'Rourke Construction) has the Central deal; and CVB JV (Costain, Vinci Construction Grands Projects, Bachy Soletanche) has the East contract. They were chosen aš er intense competition as the preferred tenderers, and will create more than 4,000 direct sustainable jobs, and another #Water industry will face major challenges in future, including #fracking - Jorg Simon #wasserberlin keynote. @TomFWaterBoy NEED TO KNOW The project will involve 24 construction sites across London Work will be split into three main works - West, Central and East The project will create more than 9,000 jobs The Tideway Tunnel will be the biggest ever undertaken in the UK water industry An infrastructure provider will be sought to " nance and deliver the project Fracking in the headlines A $600-million fracking company just used this tiny Ohio town [Barnesville] for its water. @Superfeeder @Superfeeder @ samanthadpage they should make the lawyers and execs for cracking [sic] company drink the water after it's been used. @MrG_Ohio WET News is registered at Stationers' Hall. Origination by Faversham House and TR Clash Ltd. 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New fracking rules deliver both progress and controversy @sciam 5,000 jobs indirectly. Hundreds of apprenticeships and work placements will also be ož ered. The project will also create a never-before seen surge in the river economy through marine employment opportunities. The project, which will be the biggest infrastructure project ever under taken by the UK water industry, will make London's sewerage network t for the 22nd century and will help prevent the millions of tonnes of sewage pollution that currently discharge into the tidal River Thames every year. Andy Mitchell, chief executive at Thames Tideway Tunnel, said: "We have selected our preferred bidders to work on the three main works packages because we have absolute faith in their ability to carry out these major pieces of work safely, considerately and sustainably and we are looking forward to working with them to ož er the thousands of jobs that will help make this project a reality. 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"This is a unique opportunity to be involved in improving London's environment and economy and we're very excited for what the future holds." JV gets Davyhulme makeover deal This work will improve the outflowof water entering the Manchester Ship Canal

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