Capitalising on the commercial opportunities for UK plc The UK is in a strong position to help develop a water resilient future globally utilising its expertise, knowledge and global links. This paper provides an insight into the water resilience capability and expertise of UK organisations. It is intended to showcase where the UK’s experts, innovators […]
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Professor Alan Jenkins, Deputy Director, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
The extensive network provided by members of the UK Water Partnership supports our aim to work with global practitioners across the water sector. This ensures our science addresses the most pressing issues and that the full benefits of our research are realised.’
Professor Andrew Tyler FRSE, Scotland Hydro Nation Chair
Membership of the UKWP provides a real opportunity to share and support best practice that enables the water sector to drive the “race to net zero”, deliver strategies to support climate adaptation and promote opportunities for the blue/green growth agendas
Tapping the Potential Report
The catalyst for the formation of the UK Water Partnership. For the first time, a wide-ranging group of water technology experts from research, policy and industry have come together. To analyse global market water technology opportunities, examine the UK’s relative position in this market and articulate how the UK can improve its performance. Aimed at […]
UK Water Partnership launches facilities register to accelerate innovation
The UK Water Partnership is pleased to announce the launch of a new publicly available and searchable register of testing and demonstration facilities, which will benefit water technology developers and researchers. The Tapping the Potential report identified a clear need for researchers and developers to test new water technologies and processes in facilities that represent […]
UK Water Capability Showcase
The Department for International Trade (DIT) recently hosted a ‘UK Water Capability Showcase’ event in London, at which the UK Water Partnership, UK Flood Partnership and British Water all came together along with British consultants and contractors to showcase the best of what the UK has to offer in water. DIT has overall responsibility for […]
World Water-Tech Innovation Summit
The UK Water Partnership attended the highly renowned World Water-Tech Innovation Summit in central London last week. The summit convened utility companies, start-ups, tech giants and water leaders from across the globe to showcase best-in-class innovation and find sustainable solutions to today’s challenges of digitisation, security, energy recovery and new water resources. Our Chairman, the […]
Will the taps run dry? England set to run out of water in the next 25 years
The country is running out of water. That was the warning from head of the Environment Agency, Sir James Bevan, earlier this week at the Waterwise conference in London. The combined impact of climate change and population growth means our water supplies are decreasing while demand for water is on the up. James warned that […]
Digital Water
Driving Digital Innovation in the UK water sector The UK Water Partnership have launched an action plan to help UK plc win its share of the $30 billion digital revolution in water. The digital revolution is transforming the water industry – and with that transformation comes tremendous commercial opportunities for UK plc. In response to […]
Future Visions for Water & Cities
This paper has been prepared by UKWRIP’s Water and Cities Action Group at the invitation of the Expert Group advising the current Foresight ‘Future of Cities’ project. The project is identifying the opportunities and challenges that UK cities will face in future and need to embrace in order to be resilient, to be adaptable and […]
