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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]