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Eleven collaborative entries of the inaugural Innovation in Water Challenge will receive up to £250,000 each to tackle the biggest issues facing the water sector in England and Wales.
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Posted on Wednesday 21st April 2021
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Three separate pieces of research by Cranfield University, Northumbrian Water and WaterAid point to significant changes concerning water use in the UK as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Posted on Wednesday 31st March 2021
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Yorkshire Water has called for ten years of investment to tackle the challenges of combined sewer overflows (CSOs), climate change and the building of increased resilience for the benefit of future generations.
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Posted on Thursday 04th March 2021
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The NFU’s Integrated Water Management report calls for urgent action to bring the nation’s water infrastructure up to date to better cope with extreme weather events, from flooding to drought.
It urges government, water companies and farmers to properly invest in water management as a critical response to climate change and shines a spotlight on the need to safeguard water and agricultural land for food production.
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Posted on Monday 22nd February 2021
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The UK Water Partnership (UKWP) is producing a new directory (link) to support the Department for International Trade (DIT) promote British expertise.
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Posted on Monday 22nd February 2021
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For the first time, the UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 1-12 November 2021. The climate talks will be the biggest international summit the UK has ever hosted; bringing together heads of state, climate experts, young people, civil society, trade unions, faith groups and Indigenous Peoples to agree coordinated action to tackle climate change.
The conference will host a series of workshops and panel discussions, creative reflections on climate change, and showcase leading technology & innovation driving change around the world.
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Posted on Wednesday 03rd February 2021
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The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on "River basin management plans - silage, slurry and anaerobic digestate – improving storage and application". The closing date for consultation responses is 13th April 2021.
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Posted on Wednesday 03rd February 2021
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The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has launched an inquiry into water quality in rivers, which will focus on the water industry and urban diffuse pollution. The EAC is inviting written submissions by 05 February 2021.
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Posted on Tuesday 19th January 2021
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The first round of the Innovation in Water Challenge (IWC) - led by water companies - will open for entries on 18 January 2021. The deadline for entries is 12 noon (GMT) on 26 February 2021.
Successful entries will receive funding of between £50k-£250k for new innovation practices in the water sector, in particular, increasing and improving collaboration and building partnerships from within and outside the water sector.
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Posted on Tuesday 05th January 2021
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The Water Industry Forum, working with Water UK Environment Policy Advisory Group members through Welsh Water and supported by Atkins, has produced a set of principles to guide the water sector on the use of Natural Capital type approaches in investment decision making.
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Posted on Monday 14th December 2020
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The Water Industry Forum is one of eight water sector membership organisations that have agreed to work more closely together and collaborate around specific water-related challenges facing the UK.
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Posted on Monday 23rd November 2020
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A new report from campaigning organisation Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) says that water companies are still routinely discharging raw, untreated sewage into UK waters.
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Posted on Wednesday 11th November 2020
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Following consultation between May-June 2020, Ofwat have published their final decisions on how it will design and implement its £200 million innovation competition fund. It will be delivered using two types of annual competitions. The competitions complement Ofwat’s wider approach to innovation and the water sector’s own draft ‘UK 2050 Water innovation strategy’, which they published in June.
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Posted on Wednesday 19th August 2020
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The UK’s first draft Water Innovation Strategy has been launched setting out a vision for transformational change across the water sector in anticipation of Ofwat’s £200m innovation fund and the establishment of a Centre of Excellence that will act as a UK hub for global water innovation.
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Posted on Monday 13th July 2020
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The UKRN (UK Regulators Network) has announced that Rachel Fletcher, CEO of Ofwat, will succeed Jonathan Oxley when he stands down from UKRN at the end of June 2020.
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Posted on Monday 22nd June 2020
