# United Utilities awards contract for Europe's largest Nereda plant at Blackburn

United Utilities awarded a contract to build Europe's largest Nereda process plant at its Blackburn wastewater treatment works as part of a £100 million infrastructure upgrade. The plant will be delivered by construction partner LiMA and is expected to be fully operational in 2021.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-01-29
- Where: Blackburn, North West England, United Kingdom
- Value: $140.0M (100.0M GBP)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 72,000 m3
- Products: Nereda wastewater treatment technology
- Sectors: [Water Treatment Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/water-treatment-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [United Utilities](https://endata.com/companies/6273.md) (customer)
- [LiMA](https://endata.com/companies/20322.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [waterbriefing.org](https://waterbriefing.org/home/contracts/item/14797-united-utilities-awards-contract-for-europe%E2%80%99s-largest-nereda-plant), 2018-01-29: "The installation of the Nereda technology represents a significant and evolutionary step in wastewater treatment technology"

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