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FT Group Ltd brings together four specialist businesses serving the UK water and infrastructure sectors: FT Pipeline Systems, FT Ductile, FT Water Treatment, and FT Gas Control Systems.

Collectively, the Group supplies a comprehensive range of specialist products and solutions for water supply, treatment, and pipeline infrastructure projects. Its portfolio includes steel and ductile iron pipes and fittings, pipeline jointing and protection systems, dual-contained chemical dosing hose with leak detection, and gas pressure control solutions.

Combining extensive technical expertise with established supply-chain and project support capabilities, FT Group works closely with water companies, contractors, engineers, and other industry partners to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions for both new-build infrastructure and asset renewal schemes.

By bringing together complementary areas of expertise under a single organisation, FT Group provides customers with streamlined access to specialist pipeline and water infrastructure products, backed by experienced technical support and industry knowledge.

Eela Water WTW (2026)

Modular ceramic membrane upgrade to increase capacity and meet future demand through sustainable off-site construction and innovative technology

Poppy Hill WRC (2026)

Delivering 1,324m³ of additional storm storage capacity to improve resilience, environmental performance and regulatory compliance in Bedfordshire

Anglian Water Phosphorus Removal Programme (2025)

Anglian Water’s £338m investment across 170 sites throughout AMP7 to mitigate the release of phosphates into the environment

Ballymore Eustace Water Treatment Plant (2025)

Filter upgrade project: reviews, assessments, upgrading and replacement of operationally critical equipment at a major water treatment plant

Cross Hands WwTW (2025)

Design and construction of an enhanced biological phosphorus removal plant to improve water quality on Afon Gwili

Eela Water WTW (2025)

Innovative engineering and sustainable practices to aid delivery of ceramic membrane plant upgrade

Longman WwPS (2025)

The restoration of operational assets at to improve system reliability and ensure regulatory compliance

Marsh Mills STW Stormwater Storage (2025)

A strategic investment in the resilience and sustainability of the region’s wastewater infrastructure by meeting the Environment Agency's approved stormwater storage volumes

Towcester WRC (2025)

Addressing issues with storage capacity, flow capacity, phosphorus levels & growth requirements, to maintain the high standard that Anglian Water aspire to achieve

Bonnycraig WTW (2024)

Ceramic membrane technology and modular build deliveries innovative solution that provides significant benefits and efficiencies

Broadholme WRC (2024)

£35m investment in improving phosphorus removal capabilities and increasing full flow to treatment in north Northamptonshire

Burnley WwTW Catchment Strategy (2024)

Case study 4: Delivering river water quality improvements to Pendle Water and River Calder through an integrated catchment solution

Cotton Valley WRC (2024)

£17m investment project spanning multiple phases to address operational challenges & enhance treatment capacity to maintain regulatory compliance

East Shefford STW (2024)

Ultra-low phosphorus scheme

Esholt STW (2024)

Fulfilling the Water Industry National Environmental Programme to reduce overall phosphorus in our rivers

Guildford STW (2024)

The challenges of constructing a new sewage treatment plant on an historical landfill site

Hawkchurch STW (2024)

Providing additional stormwater storage and improved site operation with the construction of a storm tank and installation of enhanced inlet screening

Horsham New WwTW (2024)

Southern Water’s multi-million pound upgrade to boost the water quality of the River Arun and cater for the significant growth forecast

Leominster WwTW (2024)

New tertiary nitrifying sand filter process stage with additional upgrade works on existing assets to achieve a high quality effluent

Lingfield WwTW (2024)

Phosphorus removal project that is part of the Environment Agency’s WINEP nationwide programme of continuous improvement of waterways

Llyn y Fan Fach Reservoir (2024)

Grade II listed structure that underwent refurbishment to address safety concerns in the draw-off tower and spillway

Lower Gornal STW (2024)

Tertiary treatment upgrades implemented to achieve tightened phosphorus and ammonia consents

Macclesfield WwTW (2024)

Construction of United Utilities first innovative MOB^TM treatment process, to improve the water quality in the River Bollin by December 2024

Melton Mowbray STW (2024)

Construction of a new EBPR process stream operating in a UCT configuration and updating existing assets to improve the quality of the effluent

Mogden STW: Biomethane Gas to Grid Project (2024)

Gas-to-grid project helping Thames Water continue with its push towards net zero

Mosswood WTW (2024)

Design and construction of a new run to waste system and attenuation lagoon to protect water quality

Project Pipeline - County Durham & Tees Valley (2024)

Update on construction of a large diameter strategic water main including a challenging crossing of the River Tees

Queensferry WwTW (2024)

Replacement of existing inlet works with new DfMA structure

Rotherwas WwTW (2024)

Wastewater treatment upgrades for eutrophication mitigation and environmental compliance to remove phosphorus from the River Wye

Sleaford WRC (2024)

Utilising micro-organisms to break down, digest and clean wastewater, this nature-based reed bed solution reduces the need for chemical dosing

Sundon Water Treatment Facility (2024)

A novel water treatment plant constructed on the site of an upgraded reservoir to aid Affinity Water’s environmental sustainability commitments

Wark on Tyne STW (2024)

leveraging current digital technology to enhance both the design and construction phases of Northumbrian Water’s upgrade of Wark STW

Witches Oak Raw Water Pumping Station (2024)

Severn Trent’s Green Recovery Programme: combining natural solutions with conventional infrastructure

Yorkshire Water P Schemes Portfolio (2024)

Batched P removal portfolio to help achieve WINEP compliance

Beckton STW (2023)

Beckton Sewage Treatment Works (STW) is the United Kingdom’s largest STW serving a population equivalent of over four million. The AMP7 project is a major £185m investment to increase the site’s treatment capacity for growth, by a population equivalent of 200,000, by extending the existing activated sludge plant (ASP). Beckton STW will receive stormwater from […]

Deephams STW - Biomethane Project (2023)

Deephams Sewage Treatment Works (STW) is located in Edmonton, North London. In November 2018, Thames Water Utilities Limited (TWUL) issued take-over to the AECOM, Murphy, and Kier (AMK) joint venture for the replacement of the entire sewage treatment stream. The project increased the treatment capacity to 989,000 population equivalent and met the new final effluent […]

Durleigh WTC (2023)

Newly commissioned treatment centre providing high quality drinking water to 44,500 customers in Somerset

Faringdon to Blunsdon Trunk Main Phase 2 (2023)

The water network in the western end of the Thames Valley Supply Area is dominated by local borehole water sources. Over time, population growth coupled with general environmental drivers to reduce reliance on groundwater sources in sensitive chalk stream areas, Thames Water has sought to improve supply resilience and deployable output by linking local sources […]

Finham Advanced Anaerobic Digestion (2023)

Finham STW, situated near Coventry in the West Midlands, is Severn Trent’s fifth largest wastewater treatment works and treats over 115 megalitres of effluent a day from half a million people. The works processes indigenous sludge on site as well as accepting exports from local, satellite sites, producing final effluent, ‘cake’ and biogas as outputs. […]

Hampton Loade WTW (2023)

Hampton Loade WTW treats raw water from Chelmarsh Reservoir, located approximately two miles north-west of the site. The reservoir is supplied by the river intake pumps located within the intake building immediately adjacent to the River Severn. The maximum flow that can gravitate to the works from the reservoir is 130-135 megalitres/day (MLD). To increase […]

Kinnerley WTW (2023)

Kinnerley WTW is located in rural Shropshire, approximately 10 miles north-east of Shrewsbury. The site treats around 4 Ml/d from a single groundwater source, after which it is pumped to Pant DSR to supply. The existing water treatment process on site includes two aeration towers, chlorine gas, three iron and manganese pressure filters, a balance […]

Knostrop STW (2023)

Knostrop Sewage Treatment Works (STW) is Yorkshire Water’s largest wastewater treatment site, serving a population equivalent of 990,000 and a full flow to treatment (FFT) of 5600 l/s. The WINEP Programme requires Yorkshire Water (YW) to achieve compliance with the new Total Phosphorus and Total Iron permit levels at 80 wastewater treatment works, including Knostrop. […]

Norton, Presteigne & Weobley WwTWs (2023)

The Rivers Lugg and Wye have been identified as having high levels of phosphorus, which is causing eutrophication of these watercourses. Norton Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) discharges treated final effluent to the Norton Brook, a tributary of the River Lugg. Presteigne WwTW discharges treated final effluent directly into the River Lugg downstream of the Norton […]

Ringsend WwTP: Phosphorus Fixation (2023)

Resource recovery for agricultural fertiliser use, while protecting the water quality in Dublin Bay

Roundhill & Lower Gornal STWs (2023)

Roundhill Sewage Treatment Works (STW) is a large wastewater treatment site in the Severn Trent region serving Stourbridge and the surrounding area. It treats a flow to full treatment (FFT) of 1781 l/s and a population equivalent (PE) of around 300,000. The works was extensively rebuilt around the year 2000, with the large rectangular biofilters […]

Seedy Mill WTW (2023)

Seedy Mill WTW treats surface water from the Blithfield Reservoir. The existing supply to the works is gravity-fed up to a maximum of 85 MLD. Additional yield could be provided by utilising three in-line booster pumps located at Nethertown. In addition, there are two individual borehole contributions at Seedy Mill and Trent Valley, which can […]

Tees & Central Strategic Pipeline: Phases 1 & 2 (2023)

With approximately 60km of new 800/900mm pipeline required to replace the existing potable water mains, some of which are over 150 years old, the Tees and Central Strategic Pipeline will directly improve water quality, network resilience and operability within the Tees Network. The pipeline will serve approximately 50,000 properties and link a number of strategic […]

Tophill Low WTW (2023)

Tophill Low Water Treatment Works (WTW) is a 68 Ml/d water production plant situated in the East Riding of Yorkshire, approximately six miles from Driffield. The works was originally constructed in 1959 and upgraded in the 1990s to the current configuration. The treatment process presently includes pH correction, ozonation, coagulation, DAF clarification, rapid gravity filtration, […]

Ufton Nervet WTW (2023)

Ufton Nervet WTW is a groundwater treatment site located in the Kennet Valley Water Resource Zone, to the south of Reading and supplies an ‘island zone’ of approximately 12,000 properties. Groundwater is pumped through pressure filters for iron removal after which chlorine is dosed before flows enter the contact tank, which is a single cell […]

Usk Reservoir (2023)

Usk is a large raised reservoir formed by an earth embankment dam, which completed constructed in 1955 with an approximate capacity of 12,268,000m3. The dam is 480m in length, with a maximum height of 31m, and supplies raw water to Bryngwyn Water Treatment Works and as well as providing compensation water to the River Usk, […]

Blackburn and Darwen WwTWs (2022)

Both Blackburn WwTW and Darwen WwTW discharge final and storm effluent to watercourses that are tributaries of the River Darwen, feeding into the River Ribble estuary and the bathing waters of the Fylde coast in the Irish Sea. At Blackburn WwTW, which provides treatment for a population equivalent (PE) of approximately 400,000, construction of the […]

Buxton STW (2022)

Improving phosphorus performance and providing treatment resilience using preliminary and primary treatment for an existing MBR on a space constrained site

Cannock STW (2022)

Enhanced river quality by utilising CoMag® ballasted enhanced settlement technology to remove phosphorus

Hailsham South WwTW (2022)

The town of Hailsham in East Sussex has been experiencing significant housing growth in recent years. To accommodate local housebuilding targets and protect the environment, Southern Water has invested £30m to upgrade the Hailsham North and Hailsham South Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTWs) using innovative technology. Upgrading these works was necessary to comply with a stricter […]

Horwich WwTW (2022)

Advance-plus, a joint venture between MWH Treatment, J Murphy & Sons and Stantec UK, are currently delivering a project at Horwich WwTW on behalf of United Utilities. The project is required to deliver the Environment Agency’s Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) and takes into consideration future population growth based on a 2035 design horizon. […]

Stoke Bardolph STW - Anaerobic Digestion (2022)

Stoke Bardolph Sewage Treatment Works (STW) is Severn Trent’s second largest STW and serves a population of c. 620,000. The site is also a major regional sludge centre, meaning it takes a high volume of sludge imports from other sites in the region. Stoke Bardolph has a sludge treatment capacity equivalent to a population of […]

Wing WTW (2022)

Wing WTW is part of the Anglian Water network, located in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands. The treatment site originally opened in 1977 and was then expanded to include a granular activated carbon (GAC) system in 1989. Morcott WTW, which was commissioned in 2010, is adjacent to Wing with a combined area […]

Durleigh WTC (2021)

Wessex Water’s £50m project to upgrade Durleigh Water Treatment Centre (WTC) in Somerset is progressing on programme and within budget, despite some particular challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Work at the site near Bridgwater started in 2019. It is the largest single-value scheme delivered by Wessex Water’s Engineering & Sustainable Delivery (ESD) department and […]

Haweswater Aqueduct, Hallbank Tunnel Replacement (2021)

The Haweswater Aqueduct (HA) was constructed by the Manchester Water Corporation between 1935 and 1955 to provide water from Haweswater Reservoir to Heaton Park Reservoir in Manchester. The aqueduct was initially designed to convey 105 million gallons per day to allow for future increase in demand and is constructed of 8’ 6” concrete lined tunnels […]

Heigham WTW (2021)

Heigham Water Treatment Works (WTW) has supplied clean water to the City of Norwich for more than 100 years. The treatment works supplied an average 42 Ml/d of water into the Norwich Public Water Supply Zone serving a population in excess of 200,000. The £36m scheme was the largest capital investment project within Anglian Water’s […]

Hull WwTW - Project Update (2021)

Located in Saltend, Yorkshire Water’s Hull WwTW provides sewage treatment for a population equivalent of over 1 million people, covering an area from the west of Hull to Hedon in the east. This case study follows on from an initial paper in 2020 and details the progress of the new inlet works and the refurbishment […]

Kineton STW (2021)

The Kineton STW required investment in AMP7 due to the introduction of a 0.5mg/l total phosphorus effluent limit, which comes into force by the end of December 2021. The new works is designed to cater for flows from Kineton, Butlers Marston and Radway equating to a combined design horizon population equivalent of 3,946. The existing […]

Ledbury & Brockhampton STWs (2021)

Both Ledbury and Brockhampton are medium sized works (c15,000 PE) serving the catchments of Ledbury and Cheltenham respectively. Each site was subject to a first-time phosphorus permit with Brockhampton receiving higher flow to full treatment and a tighter BOD permit, and Ledbury having significant growth projected in the catchment. Both sites both required new tertiary […]

Lletty Brongu & Ruthin STWs (2021)

Welsh Water raised a programme of quality schemes for completion in AMP6 to address tightening of phosphorus permits set by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) at ten wastewater treatment works. Some of the sites in the programme were subject to a new total phosphorus (TP) permit of 0.5 mg/l T-P and required the installation of a […]

Phosphorus Removal Enhancement Programme (2021)

The Phosphorus Removal Enhancement Programme (PREP) Batch is a group of projects within United Utilities. These projects provide improvements delivering the Environment Agency (EA) Water Industry National Environmental programme (WINEP) outputs for a future population growth based on a 2035 design horizon. With a focus on ensuring the lowest ‘whole life cost’ solution, the team […]

Uckington Water Treatment Scheme (2021)

The Uckington Borehole Capital Maintenance (BCM) and Restoring Sustainable Abstraction (RSA) Treatment Project set out to achieve the goal of an ecological improvement of the River Worfe while safeguarding the public water supply to the Telford area network. Over-abstraction from the River Worfe was impacting the achievement of Good Ecological Status under the Water Framework […]

Whitlingham Water Recycling Centre (2021)

Investment in Whitlingham WRC was identified by Anglian Water to ensure that the site remains resilient for Norwich’s growing population and support the environment of the River Yare; part of the Norfolk Broads. A full review of the existing assets and support to carry out on-site testing to understand the process limitations, identified potential opportunities […]

BRP - Treated Water Project - Birmingham Resilience Project (2020)

Raw water has been collected in reservoirs in the Elan Valley in Wales and transferred 118km under gravity through an aqueduct to the water treatment works (WTW) in Birmingham for treatment and distribution to the city’s residents and industries since the beginning of the 20th century. The original infrastructure was constructed over 100 years ago, […]

Bray Keleher WTW (2020)

The Bray Keleher Water Treatment Works (WTW) abstracts and treats a maximum of 45 Ml/d of river Thames water and is located on Monkey Island Lane, Bray, between Windsor and Maidenhead. The works is of strategic importance in maintaining supplies to the western region of South East Water (SEW). As part of the final determination […]

Church Wilne WTW (2020)

Situated on the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border, Church Wilne WTW serves 600,000 Severn Trent (ST) customers in the East Midlands. Built in 1967 to extract and treat 27 ML/day from the River Derwent, the works has been extended twice to 135 ML/day meeting the needs of both a growing population and increased water quality standards. However, the […]

East Worthing WwTW (2020)

Located close to the English Channel, East Worthing WwTW serves a population of 140,000 in a largely urbanised area in West Sussex. In peak wet weather conditions, up to 71 million litres can flow through the site in a day. Due to the urban nature of the catchment, and some large and relatively shallow gradient […]

Ellesmere Port WwTW: Essar Upgrade (2020)

The large, industrial town of Ellesmere Port in Cheshire is experiencing population growth, thanks to excellent transport links and an array of employment opportunities. The local population is set to rise by a further 10% by 2036, to over 76,000, so upgrades to the Ellesmere Port WwTW are necessary to cope with increased throughput. The […]

Langsett WTW (2020)

Yorkshire Water’s Langsett Water Treatment Works (WTW) is located 17km north-west of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, on the edge of the Peak District National Park. The WTW treats raw water which is extracted by gravity from two upland impounding reservoirs at Langsett (adjacent to the WTW) and nearby Midhope (approximately 1km south-east of the site). […]

Marston Water Recycling Centre (2020)

Marston Water Recycling Centre (WRC), near Grantham, serves a population of approximately 63,500 from Marston and the surrounding areas, with a capacity to treat up to 392 l/s of wastewater. The projected population growth in the area is approximately 76,000 until 2031, with the significant proportion of this growth estimated to occur by 2022. Following […]

Knostrop Sludge Treatment Facility (2019)

Over the last two decades the concept of municipal sewage being an expensive to treat waste stream has slowly become surpassed by renewable and sustainable opportunities that re-label wastewater treatment works as water resource recovery facilities (WRRF), sludge recycling centres (SRC) or sludge treatment facilities (STF) to name but a few. Incentivised by UK Government, […]

Mythe WTW (2019)

The Mythe Water Treatment Works is situated on the east bank of the River Severn, approximately half a mile north of the town of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire and provides drinking water to population of circa 400,000. Mythe WTW came to national attention in July 2007 when the site was partially inundated with flood water from […]

Ayrshire Resilience Scheme: Phase 2 Highlees (2018)

During investment period 2016/17, Scottish Water commenced the first phase of construction on a £120m investment project known as the Ayrshire Resilience Scheme, designed to improve the resilience of the drinking water network throughout much of Ayrshire and parts of East Renfrewshire. Once complete, this scheme will benefit more than 200,000 Scottish Water customers. Caledonia […]

Sheeplands WTW (2018)

Sheeplands WTW is a groundwater treatment plant supplying an average of 12Ml/d to the Bowsey Hill Service Reservoir and local district zones. The site comprises of three boreholes, a ‘blending’ raw water supply main received from Harpsden WTW, a nitrate removal plant, GAC vessels, sodium hypochlorite storage and dosing, sodium bisulphite storage and dosing, single […]

Axford & Ogbourne WTWs (2017)

Thames Water Utilities Ltd (TWUL), in consultation with the Environment Agency (EA) committed to cease Kennet Aquifer abstraction at Ogbourne WTW and reduce abstraction at Axford WTW by 31st March 2017. The Ogbourne licence has been reduced to zero whilst the Axford licence has been changed to a sliding scale dependent on flows in the […]

Ayrshire Resilience: Phase 1 (2016)

Scottish Water has recently commenced the first phase of construction on a £120m investment project designed to improve the drinking water network throughout much of Ayrshire and parts of East Renfrewshire. The project involves the installation of a new large diameter strategic water main from Newton Mearns continuing down towards the Fenwick/Waterside area and finally […]