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Water Projects : Water Pricing & Metering
| Project Name |
- Galway City Non-Domestic Water Metering Project
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| Client |
- Atkins has been appointed by Galway City Council as Consulting Engineers to procure a non-domestic water metering service for its functional area through a Design, Build and Operate (DBO) form of contract.
- The Government’s National Water Pricing Policy Framework requires the charging of non-domestic customers of water and waste water services to recover the full costs of providing such services to these customers. This is in line with National and EU policy on the application of the “polluter pays” principle, including Article 9 of the EU Water Framework Directive. It is considered that the universal installation of water meters on the supply to non-domestic customers will be required to implement this policy fairly and efficiently.
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| Project Development |
- Atkins was appointed as Consulting Engineers in May 2003, following a competitive tender process in accordance with the EU Procurement Regulations. Atkins is supported in this project by Mr Ian Saddler of The Metering Partnership Ltd in Yorkshire, UK. The brief is to procure the water metering installation and maintenance service for Galway City Council, with potential billing and debt recovery.
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| Scope |
- The Galway City Non-Domestic Water Metering project commenced in May 2003. A Risk Workshop was undertaken in conjunction with Atkins Faithful & Gould and a Risk report produced in July 2003 identifying and ranking risks associated with the project, in order to identify mitigation measures, evaluate suitable contract options and payment mechanisms and identify strategies for incorporation of these risks into the contract. A Preliminary Report was drafted in the autumn of 2003.
- A pre-qualification competition has been undertaken and contract documents for the Design Build and Operate contract were issued in early 2004. The contract commenced in spring 2004. It is anticipated that a contractor will take approximately 9 months to install the meters for approximately 4,300 non-domestic customers.
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