HYDRO International, a water treatment group, has signed a £1.6 million contract to supply flow control devices to a flood prevention scheme in Glasgow.
The group will supply five of its Hydro-Brake flow control devices to Alfred McAlpine Capital
Projects, the main contractors working for Glasgow City Council on the construction of three flood water storage sites.
The White Cart water flood prevention scheme is designed to protect 1,750 homes and businesses in Glasgow.
Hydro's devices, which are due to be delivered next year, will be used to control the discharge from dams, built to form flood-water storage pools.
The largest of Hydro's units will weigh 60 tonnes and will measure almost six metres in height.
The group yesterday announced that it had acquired Eutek, a company that makes equipment for removing fine grit, sugar sands, abrasives and fixed solids from wastewater. Eutek will be integrated into Hydro's business in the United States.
Hydro, which is listed on Aim with a market cap of about £24m, has its UK office in Clevedon and also operates in Canada and Ireland.
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