United Utilities contract extension
Wednesday, 07 May 2008

Southern Water has extended a contract with United Utilities and the 4D consortium to manage part of its capital investment programme through to 31 March 2015.

United Utilities has a 40% stake in the consortium, with Costain and MWH holding the rest.

The original contract, which began in 2005 and was due to run until 2010, is worth around £700m to the three companies.

No value has been given for the extended contract.