Amey extends UK water contracts

Infrastructure support service provider Amey has signed extensions to its contracts with Severn Trent Water and United Utilities in deals with a combined value of £415m.

Under the £190m, five-year contract extension with Severn Trent Water, Amey will deliver clean water and wastewater services to more than 4.2 million households and businesses. The company will deliver sewer upgrades, flood alleviation projects and install new pumping stations and refurbish existing ones. It will also be responsible for mains renewal and maintenance.

Severn Trent Water wastewater services director Simon Cocks said that the company’s vision for the next five years is about investing efficiently to deliver the lowest bills in England and Wales for its customers.

"To deliver our future investment programme on behalf of our customers we need to work collaboratively as One Severn Trent, and that means right the way across our supply chain," Cocks added.

Amey has secured an extension until 2020 for its £225m network maintenance alliance contract with United Utilities. The company will help to maintain more than 76,000km of sewer pipe and 42,000km of clean water infrastructure in northwest England. It will also manage and upgrade the infrastructure, which serves seven million people and 200,000 companies in northwest England.

United Utilities managing director Steve Fraser said that Amey will play a vital role keeping the pipes and pumps of its water and wastewater system working.

"We have a significant amount of work to maintain and improve many parts of our network over the next 5 years and beyond, whilst keeping water bills affordable," Fraser added.