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Northern Ireland Water - A New Way Forward

Northern Ireland Water has published its first Strategic Business Plan.  This challenging and exciting plan sets out the agenda of activity for the period 2007 – 2010, with an outline indication of intentions to 2016. 

Full Press Release    Click here for Strategic Business Plan Summary or here for full plan.

Business as usual for Northern Ireland Water

The start of April 2007 will see Water Service become a Government Owned Company as planned.  The new organisation will be known as ‘Northern Ireland Water’ with a new company logo, unveiled today.

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Cairns awards £122M contract for wastewater treatment.

Regional Development Minister, David Cairns, announced that Glen Water has been awarded a £122 million contract for waste water treatment.

The Omega Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Project will upgrade wastewater treatment facilities responsible for around 20% of Northern Ireland’s wastewater treatment capacity and 100% of sludge disposal.  It represents savings in excess of 17% from Water Service’s initial estimates.

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