Ofwat is pleased to announce the successful entries for the inaugural Innovation in Water Challenge (IWC)! An independent judging panel recommended 11 collaborative initiatives that will help transform water and wastewater services in England and Wales. The projects include innovations for leak detection, customer vulnerability, zero carbon, nature-based solutions to the climate crisis, asset resilience […]
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New directory to promote UK’s water resilience capabilities worldwide
The UK Water Partnership (UKWP) is producing a new directory (link) to support the Department for International Trade (DIT) promote British expertise. The first of its kind, the ‘UK Water Capabilities Directory’ will be used to link British companies to international business leads, helping the UK’s water sector to go from strength-to-strength. From today, organisations […]
Water Sector Membership Organisations to Work Closer Together
Eight water sector membership organisations have agreed to work more closely together and collaborate around specific water-related challenges facing the UK. The agreement followed a survey sent to membership organisations active in the UK water sector which asked each organisation if there was any overlap or gaps between organisations, and whether the way membership organisations […]
New White Paper closes the loop on the circular water economy
The UK Water Partnership recently hosted a double-bill of circular economy events. The two sessions were based around a new Water and Circular Economy White Paper, which was developed in conjunction with CE100, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Antea Group. It explores the relationship between the circular economy and sustainable water management (SWM), establishing a […]
Driving transformational innovation in the water sector
In their emerging strategy for regulating water and wastewater companies in England and Wales, Ofwat highlighted the need to find new ways of driving transformational change in the water and wastewater sector. Ofwat believes that the adoption of innovative approaches is key to delivering long-term resilience and great customer service at an affordable price, and […]
Is the UK water industry prepared to tackle the challenges of the future?
Mott MacDonald’s Ghalia Albarazi, Cristina Negut and Andrew Shimmin explain how the Linking Innovation to Societal Needs project is helping to develop route maps to address some of the industry’s ‘Big Questions’ In 2017, the UK Partnership commissioned Mott MacDonald to undertake the Linking Innovation to Societal Needs (LITSoN) project. UKWP’s vision is ‘safeguarding our […]
Wet Networks – Leakanomics
On Wednesday 17 July, Arup’s Fitzroy Street offices in London played host to the latest “Wet Networks” evening innovation and networking event supported by the Future Water Association, British Water, Water Industry Forum and the UK Water Partnership. Each of the Wet Networks events carries a theme – and the hot topic for the latest gathering was ‘Leakanomics’ – discussing […]