Publications

Water Simulators Meeting

June 26, 2017/in Publications /by David Vernon

30 January 2017 at STFC, RAL, Harwell Campus A meeting between the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and UKWP was held to build on the Urban Water Simulators workshop held in March 2016, this meeting aimed to discuss potential opportunities and the interests of participants in taking forwards the key recommendations and actions from the […]

Urban Simulators for Water Workshop report

July 5, 2016/in Outputs, Publications, Workshop /by Weihao Zhong

The Future Visions for Water and Cities – A Thought Piece highlighted the potentially valuable role that simulators and demonstrators could play in developing, testing and evaluating innovative ideas that could shape water and cities. The UK Water Partnership’s Water and Cities Task Force identified urban simulators for water as a key priority. The Science & […]

Sustainable Food, Farming and Water workshop event report

April 22, 2016/in Publications /by Weihao Zhong

A diverse audience of around 120 people from industry, government, civil society organisations and the research community attended this NERC-sponsored UK Water Partnership event, which explored recommendations made in the UKWP reports on water and farming, led by Global Food Security champion Professor Tim Benton. . The aims of the workshop were to: explore new […]

Responding to water challenges with research

February 1, 2016/in Publications /by Weihao Zhong

The research councils and Innovate UK invest £110m annually on multi-disciplinary water research which will benefit planners, policy-makers, businesses, community organisations. The research councils also work with the UK Water Partnership, which has brought together people across the UK water community to stimulate ideas and develop the products and services that will help solve future challenges. This publication is a snapshot of […]

Droughts and Floods: Towards a More Holistic Approach

October 1, 2015/in Publications /by Javier Delgado

Releasing the Full Value of UK Research A report commissioned by the UK Water Partnership Research and Innovation Group (Formerly the UK Water Research and Innovation Partnership) July 2015

Water in Future Cities: RCUK Water Showcase 2015

September 7, 2015/in Publications /by Javier Delgado

The aim of the showcase event Water in Future Cities was “Exploring visions for water in future cities and how research, business and policy can work together to make them real.” The event was set up to seek broader engagement and comment on the Future Visions for Water and Cities – A Thought Piece; showcase […]

Future Visions for Water and Cities: A Thought Piece

April 16, 2015/in Publications /by Javier Delgado

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 […]

Water Efficient House of the Future report (Published 24 March 2015)

March 24, 2015/in Publications /by Javier Delgado

Bringing together academics and professionals from a range of relevant industries, Waterwise led a workshop for the UK Water Partnership to tackle the financial, technological, and behavioural challenges to the widespread adoption of water efficient technology in homes. Download the relevant attached files below:

Farming and Water: Facing the Future Together report (Published 22 March 2015)

March 22, 2015/in Activities, Outputs, Publications /by Javier Delgado

An expert group, led by the Global Food Security programme for the UK Water Partnership has published a report that examines the complex direct and indirect links between water and agriculture. The report consists of a synthesis report and three sub-reports. Download the relevant attached files below:

UK Water Partnership: A strategic vision for innovation and growth

March 10, 2014/in Outputs, Publications /by Javier Delgado

Aimed at government, business leaders and investors/funders, this report is inspired by a clear, ambitious yet achievable vision: to see the UK establish itself as an innovation powerhouse in the global water technology sector, driving sustainable growth and creating thousands of jobs across the country.

UK Flood Partnership launched to rival Dutch exportsSeptember 29, 2017 - 4:36 pm
Key stakeholders in the UK flooding sector came together on 19 September 2017 at the launch event for the UK Flood Partnership. The body aims to become a trusted public-private collaboration for UK flood risk solutions and advisory services while also bridging the gap between an industry described by many at the event as “fragmented […]
LITSoN Review of innovation in UK water utilitiesJune 26, 2017 - 8:14 am
Updated Survey – LITSoN 1b Survey – BLANK_V2.0 https://www.theukwaterpartnership.org/uk-capability/litson/ The need for innovation in the water sector to meet societal needs is widely accepted. The recent UK Water Partnership LITSoN pilot (Linking Innovation To Societal Needs) provides an overview of innovation in UK water utilities, demonstrating benefits in terms of increased innovation alignment, better market information […]
UK Water Partnership launches facilities register to accelerate innovationSeptember 20, 2016 - 3:35 pm
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 […]
International ConferenceOctober 6, 2015 - 9:21 am
A task force has been set up led by Mark Smith of WRc to plan an international water conference in 2017. This activity is being led by members of the Commercialisation and Economic Growth delivery group.
Facilities and CapabilitiesOctober 6, 2015 - 9:19 am
At present there is no single portal bringing together water expertise and capability across the private and public sector focused on global market needs. The UK Water Partnership would ultimately like to provide this, so that expertise and capabilities can be easily searched under the UK Trade and Investment categories. A cross-stakeholder task force led […]

Outputs

Water Simulators MeetingJune 26, 2017 - 8:56 am
30 January 2017 at STFC, RAL, Harwell Campus A meeting between the Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and UKWP was held to build on the Urban Water Simulators workshop held in March 2016, this meeting aimed to discuss potential opportunities and the interests of participants in taking forwards the key recommendations and actions from the […]
Urban Simulators for Water Workshop reportJuly 5, 2016 - 11:16 am
The Future Visions for Water and Cities – A Thought Piece highlighted the potentially valuable role that simulators and demonstrators could play in developing, testing and evaluating innovative ideas that could shape water and cities. The UK Water Partnership’s Water and Cities Task Force identified urban simulators for water as a key priority. The Science & […]
Sustainable Food, Farming and Water workshop event reportApril 22, 2016 - 11:22 am
A diverse audience of around 120 people from industry, government, civil society organisations and the research community attended this NERC-sponsored UK Water Partnership event, which explored recommendations made in the UKWP reports on water and farming, led by Global Food Security champion Professor Tim Benton. . The aims of the workshop were to: explore new […]
Responding to water challenges with researchFebruary 1, 2016 - 12:55 pm
The research councils and Innovate UK invest £110m annually on multi-disciplinary water research which will benefit planners, policy-makers, businesses, community organisations. The research councils also work with the UK Water Partnership, which has brought together people across the UK water community to stimulate ideas and develop the products and services that will help solve future challenges. This publication is a snapshot of […]
Critical water challenges facing LondonOctober 6, 2015 - 12:02 pm
Alex Nickson, Greater London Authority, speaks about the critical water challenges to London. Recorded on 30 June 2015 at Water in Future Cities – RCUK Water Showcase 2015, The Crystal, London Plenary presentation by Alex Nickson, Greater London Authority.