UK Utilities company seeks water treatment solutions providers to collaborate with through services agreement

CommercialVeľká BritániaBRUK20180927001
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Summary: 
The UK utilities company is seeking innovative solutions to water treatment that will help them to become more competitive. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: feed forward control, online real time water quality instrumentation, invasive species management e.g. zebra mussels, zooplankton management and management of iron level in networks. They are keen to incubate businesses and collaborate through services agreement
Description: 
The UK utilities company manages water treatment and delivery of drinking water over 1.2 million customers across a 2,600 km2 area. They currently supply c.266 million litres of drinking water daily. The company is looking for SMEs who have an innovative solution which may be at research, pilot or early commercialisation stage in order to incubate them and then purchase their product/service through services agreement. Their main areas of interest are feed forward control, online real time water quality instrumentation, invasive species management e.g. zebra mussels, zooplankton management and management of iron level in networks. They are however open to other water treatment solutions which they could help bring to market. The company wishes to collaborate through services agreement whereby the company would be employed to implement their solution and deliver it. However should other collaboration be more suitable, this can be discussed.
Type (e.g. company, R&D institution…), field of industry and Role of Partner Sought: 
The company is looking for inventors, r&d performing companies or start-ups who have an innovative solution which may be at research, pilot or early commercialisation stage in order to incubate them and then purchase their product/service through services agreement. The company chosen should be an expert in one or more water treatment solution area, including, feed forward control, online real time water quality instrumentation, invasive species management e.g. zebra mussels, zooplankton management and management of iron level in networks. Offerings must meet or be on a path to meet standards set out by Drinking Water Inspectorate and the Environment Agency
Technical Specification or Expertise Sought: 
The company chosen should be an expert in one or more water treatment solution area, including, feed forward control, online real time water quality instrumentation, invasive species management e.g. zebra mussels, zooplankton management and management of iron level in networks.
External code: 
BRUK20180927001