Organisations: Aquaffirm Clients: UNICEF and Department of Public Health Engineering (Bangladesh) Groundwater is a vital drinking water source in South Asia, especially in rural areas. However, naturally high arsenic levels pose a serious health risk and are a sever problem in South Asia, particularly in Bangladesh, where 20–35 million people are at risk, as well as in Pakistan, India, Nepal, and […]
Author archives: UKWP Secretariat
Peru Reconstruction Programme
Organisation: Arup Clients: Government of Peru, Authority for the Reconstruction with Changes (ARCC) Peru Reconstruction Programme was initiated in response to the devastating El Niño event in 2017, which caused significant loss of life and over a billion dollars in damage, the UK Government partnered with Peru through a Government-to-Government agreement. Arup, as part of […]
Water Resilience in Metro Manilla
Organisation: Arup Clients: Maynilad Water Services, Inc. La Mesa Treatment Plant 1, built in the 1980s, is the largest water treatment facility in the Philippines, serving over six million people with a capacity of 1,500 million liters per day. It faces seasonal challenges with raw water turbidity, sometimes reaching levels ten times above its design […]
Water Resilience Version 2
Driving Resilience Innovation in the UK Water Sector The UK Water Partnership was created to provide leadership and a unified approach to our efforts here in the UK. Both to contribute to the development of sustainable solutions and to ensure that the UK’s experts, innovators, and entrepreneurs are at the forefront of the global response. […]
Business Plan 2025/26
With the beginning of the new financial year, and the great work completed in 2024/25, the directors have set the direction for this coming year in the updated business plan. Our Business Plan outlines the UKWP’s strategy, goals, and operational approach, providing an update on the current and legacy workstreams. A big focus this year […]
New UKWP white paper reveals AI opportunities for water sector
London, 23 April 2025 – The UK Water Partnership (UKWP), in collaboration with British AI and data firm Aiimi, has today published a new white paper, AI Within Reach, laying out a roadmap for responsible artificial intelligence adoption across the UK water sector and outlining potential use cases. As the industry enters AMP8, companies face […]
UKWP – Aiimi
AI White Paper Our industry is continuously adapting to the increasingly acute pressures of climate change, efficiency, and cost drivers. Customers’ expectations of our services and their experiences have never been higher; we need to meet these challenges with reliability, resilience, and excellent value for money for consumers. Regulation (e.g., Environmental Information Regulations) and industry […]
The UKWP joins the CE taskforce
The UK Water Partnership is proud to announce that it has joined the UK Government’s Circular Economy Taskforce. This significant step follows the publication of our Circular Water Economy White Paper earlier this year and sets the stage for our upcoming white paper, which will be developed in collaboration with AtkinsRéalis, the University of Bath, […]
The Circular Water Economy White Paper
The Circular Economy (CE) covers three broad principles – eliminate, circulate and regenerate. The water industry is well placed to positively engage with all three principles – by minimising abstraction, implementing wastewater treatment solutions that return high quality effluent to the environment, by maintaining assets and recovering waste materials as useful resources, and by engaging […]
The Circular Water Economy White Paper Release!
31 OCTOBER 2024 – UNITED KINGDOM – The UK Water Partnership has today published a series of recommendations, in collaboration with leading multi-disciplinary professional services consultancy WSP, for unlocking system-level change for the transition to a circular water economy. There is increased demand for the water sector to set and deliver against robust sustainability objectives […]