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Wild Haweswater announced as winner in global sustainability awards

Wild Haweswater, a partnership between the RSPB and landowner United Utilities, near Bampton in the Lake District, has won the annual Ashden Award for...

Scottish Water wins recognition for climate work at World Water Congress in Canada

Scottish Water was among the winners in a climate-related recognition programme at the prestigious International Water Association’s (IWA) World Water Congress and Exhibition 2024...

Royal Academy of Engineering launches £150 million Green Future Fellowships to scale climate tech solutions in the UK

The Royal Academy of Engineering has launched its new Green Future Fellowships. It will award £150 million over the next five years to 50...

WaterEquity announces $100M+ raised for new impact fund focused on climate-resilient water and sanitation infrastructure

WaterEquity, an asset manager dedicated to financing water and sanitation solutions in emerging and frontier markets, has announced it has achieved a milestone...

Affinity Water revealed as one of the winners of this year’s UK Enterprise Awards

Affinity Water has been awarded Water-Only Supplier of the Year 2024 for the East of England by SME News’ UK Enterprise Awards programme.  Affinity Water...

Ofwat’s fifth Water Breakthrough Challenge to award £40m to innovative solutions to the industry’s big challenges

Ofwat will award up to £40m to highly collaborative innovation projects led by water companies in the Ofwat Innovation Fund’s fifth Water Breakthrough Challenge.   The...

Awards shortlist success in the British Construction Industry Awards

Avove has been shortlisted, alongside their partner Ecofill, in the prestigious British Construction Industry 2024 Awards for an innovative approach to soil management, which...

Professor Jan Hofman awarded Fellowship of the International Water Association

Professor Jan Hofman, Director of the University of Bath’s Water Innovation and Research Centre (WIRC), has been awarded the Fellowship of the International Water...

Triple triumph for water retailer at inaugural awards ceremony

One of the UK’s largest water retailers received three accolades at a major industry awards ceremony in London. Edinburgh-based Business Stream emerged as a top...

NI Water wins Best Employee Development Programme (Large Business) at Irish News Workplace and Employment Awards

NI Water has been named the winner of the highly coveted Best Employee Development Programme (Large Business) at the prestigious Irish News Workplace and...

Northumbrian Water employees champion local causes during Volunteers Week

Hundreds of Northumbrian Water employees have rolled up their sleeves to support local charitable and community causes in celebration of National Volunteers Week.  Around 200...

Scottish Water’s new talent wins big with hydropower pitch

After less than a year in his job, a Scottish Water apprentice has clinched both Scottish and UK top awards for his innovative work...

Active Membranes receives initial round of seed funding to accelerate development of award-winning desalination technology

Active Membranes, developer of revolutionary, award-winning electrically-conducting membranes used in desalination, has closed its initial round of Seed Funding to further develop its desalination...

Wave champions the case for corporate volunteering

Durham water retailer, Wave, has placed a key focus on giving back and seen a record response from employees keen to support their local...

Scottish Water monitoring project wins award for Xylem

A ground-breaking project that is enabling continuous remote monitoring of a 16km trunk main has been recognised at the Water Industry Awards. The Blairlinnans SoundPrint...

Celebrating winners of the susdrain SuDS Awards 2024

The CIRIA susdrain SuDS Awards 2024 recently reached a thrilling conclusion at a ceremony hosted by Arup in Cardiff. Launched in 2018, the awards highlight...

UK Space Agency awards ten technologies to purify water frozen in Moon’s soil

Ten cutting-edge teams of innovators, engineers and scientists, that are developing new technologies to provide a permanent crewed base on the Moon with reliable...

EU backed fund PureTerra Ventures invests in Sudoc

Sustainable chemical company Sudoc has received capital commitment worth $4 million from water tech fund PureTerra Ventures, and its backer European Investment Fund (EIF),...

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