Jacobs and Mott MacDonald have been selected by Thames Water as technical partner to support delivery of the water company's $5.9 billion (£4.7 billion) future asset investment programs under its Strategic Resource Option?(SRO) framework. The SRO technical framework supports three major water infrastructure projects critical to delivering water security for the south of England: the London Water Recycling, South East Strategic Reservoir Option and Severn to Thames Transfer projects. Under this eight-year professional services framework agreement, Jacobs and Mott MacDonald will deliver a range of technical, engineering, environmental, regulatory and planning consent services to take the schemes through the development phase and into delivery.

The two companies integrate capabilities across both the full water and project lifecycle ? from planning and consulting to design and technical capabilities. Having been involved in early stages of the development of the SROs, both companies understand the strategic context, need and basis of design for these projects.