South West Water has announced the supply chain partners which will deliver its major infrastructure plan for 2025-2030 – worth £2.8 billion.
The water company has added nine specialists to its Amplify alliance, which was unveiled earlier in the year ahead of the next asset management period (AMP8).
Bridges Electrical Engineering, Kier, Galliford Try, Tecker and Trant Engineering have been appointed to deliver a range of mechanical and electrical work (MEICA); Glanville Environmental and Sapphire Utility Solutions will install and refurbish pipework; while Glanville, Onsite Central and Lanes Group will provide CCTV and survey activities.
They join BAM Nuttall, Clancy, Mott McDonald Bentley, Tilbury Douglas, MWH Treatment and Network Plus Envolve who were announced as Amplify’s main construction partners earlier this year.
The alliance will also be supported by Stantec, Long O’Donnell, and Turner & Townsend who will provide project management services. Aecom, ChandlersKBS and Turner & Townsend “will ensure best value-for-money”, and Aecom, Arcadis, Pell Frischmann, Stantec and WSP “will produce innovative designs”.
South West Water chief executive Susan Davy said: “We are planning to invest a record £2.8 billion to upgrade our region’s water infrastructure – but it isn’t just about how much we spend, but where we spend it. We want to keep the pounds we invest local so our supply chain and local people can benefit from our investment programme.
“By partnering with the best of British engineering firms, we are supporting local workers to deliver the improvements our customers want to see the most, whilst also creating jobs and supporting the wider South West economy. It is a win-win for everyone.”
The alliance’s main tasks will be to support South West Water’s ambitions to reduce the use of storm overflows, maintain the region’s bathing waters, and strengthen water security in the face of climate change.
As part of its PR24 business plan submission, the water company has pledged to:
- Tackle 100% of storm overflows at beaches by 2030, part of a 15-year investment programme
- Upgrade one third of the water treatment works
- Reduce abstractions from environmentally sensitive rivers by 12 million litres per day
- Invest in new large reservoirs, starting with Cheddar 2 in Bristol and a water re-use plant in Poole as part of a plan to increase supply by over 50 million litres per day
- Reduce leakage by 19% across the south west and Bournemouth regions and 14% in Bristol
- Expand its Watershare scheme to allow one in every 10 households to own a stake in the parent company
South West Water continues to tackle the presence of parasites in its water supply in Devon.
Customers have been told to boil their water before consuming since 15 May when traces of cryptosporidium were detected.
The boil notice originally covered around 40,000 people but was reduced to around 2,000 households the following week after initial testing.
The boil notice continues to be lifted in phases, with 1,350 properties still being advised to boil their water before consuming.
She said that despite the network being flushed 27 times it is still “going to take some time” before the notice is lifted.