Meet the 2023 winners and finalists
Alliance or Partnership of the Year
2023 WINNER: WaterAid, Anglian Water Alliances, Nepal Water Supply Corporation - The Beacon Project
2023 FINALISTS:
- Anglian Water and the Norfolk Strategic Flooding Alliance - Uniting to deliver coordinated flood response and mitigation strategies for Norfolk
- Browne and Thames Water changing the customer experience of infrastructure improvement
- Living With Water and Stantec - Hull and Haltemprice Blue-Green Plan
- Morrison Water Services, a part of M Group Services - Blicker, AI meter reading technology
- Northumbria Integrated Drainage Partnership (NIDP) (comprising Northumbrian Water Group, The Environment Agency and 14 Northeast local Councils), Esh-Stantec and MMB
- Northumbrian Water Group - Collaborative Approach to Catchment and Nature Based Solutions for PR24 WINEP
- WaterAid, Anglian Water Alliances, Nepal Water Supply Corporation - The Beacon Project
- WSP - Implementation pathways for successful adoption of SuDS Approval Bodies in England
Asset Management Initiative of the year
2023 WINNER: SES Water - DMA Asset Health Project
2023 FINALISTS:
- Barhale & Thames Water - Jeff Farrow Trunk Main Test Rig: Barhale and Thames Water building the UK’s first, in-pipe non-destructive testing equipment facility
- Jacobs - Aqua DNA
- Morrison Water Services, a part of M Group Services - VariSim Delta
- Northumbrian Water Group - Tipping Point Tool - The Concrete Assets Condition Planning Tool
- Scottish Water, Caledonian Water Alliance, Environmental Techniques, Good Friday Robotics - Adapting Drones for Sewer Surveys
- SES Water - DMA Asset Health Project
- Southern Water and Stantec - Clean Rivers and Seas Task Force: Pathfinder Projects
- United Utilities, VAPAR, Sapphire Utility Solutions and IPSUM - Using AI to Improve Wastewater Network Investment Decision-Making.
Contractor of the Year
2023 WINNER: OnSite
2023 FINALISTS:
- APEM
- C2V+, a VolkerStevin/Jacobs joint venture
- Clancy
- Galliford Try Environment
- J Browne Construction
- Mott MacDonald Bentley
- OnSite
- WGM Engineering
Customer Initiative of the Year
2023 WINNER: United Utilities - Enhanced Metering with Lowest Bill Guarantee
2023 FINALISTS:
- Anglian Water - Supporting our customers through the cost-of-living crisis and delivering on our Purpose
- Northumbrian Water Group - Effective Customer Contact Management
- Severn Trent - Intelligent Kickouts
- Severn Trent Water - Engaging Hard to Reach Vulnerable Customers
- South West Water - Awesome Water
- United Utilities - Enhanced Metering with Lowest Bill Guarantee
- Water Plus
Digitalisation Award
2023 WINNER: Mott MacDonald - Taking an innovative digital approach to support water resources management plan development
2023 FINALISTS:
- Arup and Severn Trent, with CADA Consulting - Blue Green Digital Strategy Tool: Delivering Sustainable Flood Resilience in Mansfield
- Connexin - Smart Water Networks
- Costain / United Utilities (Maintenance Service Provider Framework) - The Costain Neural Estimation Overview (NEO) Artificial Intelligence (AI) system
- Morrison Water Services, a part of M Group Services - VariSim Delta
- Mott MacDonald and Severn Trent Water - Moata Route Optimiser: A new era for pipeline design – “the domain x digital approach”
- Mott MacDonald - Taking an innovative digital approach to support water resources management plan development
- Scottish Water - SWIFT - Scottish Water Field Force Transformation
- Thames Water and ExploreAI - Open Data - Online discharge map and open data API
Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year
2023 WINNER:Anglian Water - Strength in Diversity Initiative
2023 FINALISTS:
- Anglian Water - Strength in Diversity Initiative: building our future workforce to reflect the diversity of the region we serve
- C2V+, a VolkerStevin/Jacobs joint venture - Embedding a strategy for fairness, inclusion and respect
- Jacobs - Diversity and Inclusion at Jacobs
- Morrison Water Services, a part of M Group Services - Allyship Programme
- Northern Ireland Water (NIW) - The only way is (levelling) up at NIW
- Stantec - Celebrating and Embracing the Unique Minds and Strengths of our Neurodivergent Talent
- WSP - Women In Water Initiative
- Yorkshire Water - Partnership for Yorkshire Women in Engineering
Drinking Water Initiative of the Year
2023 WINNER: United Utilities - Water Quality First Programme
2023 FINALISTS:
- James Mae Group - Alum sludge recycling machine
- NI Water and the Source to Tap Project
- RSE in Collaboration with Scottish Water – Modular Water Treatment Solution Upgrade at Bonnycraig Water Treatment Works
- Uisce Éireann - Operational Oversight: Alarm & Inhibit Review
- United Utilities - Water Quality First Programme (WQF)
- Water Research Centre - Understanding discoloured water using data-driven analytics
- Wessex Water - Durleigh Water Treatment Centre Refurbishment
Energy in Water Award
2023 WINNER: Salinity Solutions - Batch reverse osmosis water treatment technology
2023 FINALISTS:
- Glan Agua and Easy Hydro - Harnessing the Power of Water to Generate Renewable Electricity in Water Treatment Plants
- Salinity Solutions - Batch reverse osmosis water treatment technology
- Scottish Water Horizons - Innovative Hydro Generation plant on a Waste Water Treatment Works
- United Utilities Water - Maximising generation outputs whilst reducing its environmental and social impact
- Veolia - Net Electricity Exporter
- Xylem - Supporting Scottish Water on their Carbon Net Zero by 2040 journey with innovative pump system technology
Engineering Consultancy of the Year
2023 WINNER: Stantec
2023 FINALISTS:
- AECOM
- Binnies UK
- Jacobs
- Stantec
- WSP
Groundbreaker Award
2023 WINNER: Anglian Water's Strategic Pipeline Alliance - Low Water Commissioning
2023 FINALISTS:
- Anglian Water's Strategic Pipeline Alliance - Low Water Commissioning
- APEM - The SRO Aquatic INNS Risk Assessment Tool (SAI-RAT)
- Kier Utilities & Northern Ireland Water - Hydrogen Near Me (H2 near me)
- RSE in partnership with Scottish Water – Scotland’s First Ceramic Membrane Modular Water Treatment Works
- Salinity Solutions - Batch reverse osmosis water treatment technology
- Southern Water - Slow-drain water butts
- Thames Water - Online discharge map and open data API
- United Utilities, C2V+ and Nuvoda - Mobile Organic Biofilm™ - Plant-based media for sustainable wastewater process intensification at Macclesfield WwTW
Health & Safety Initiative of the Year
2023 WINNER: Binnies UK & Techfinity - HomeSafe AI powered real-time safety management for mobile/travelling staff
2023 FINALISTS:
- Binnies UK & Techfinity - HomeSafe AI powered real-time safety management for mobile/travelling staff
- C2V+, a VolkerStevin/Jacobs joint venture - Safety Ripple – a positive, inclusive and future-focused behavioural change programme
- J Browne Construction - Sentinel Initiative
- J Murphy & Sons - Secure our Future - Service Avoidance
- Morrison Water Services, a part of M Group Services - SHALLOW contract safety campaign
- MWH Treatment - The introduction of Comprehensive Personal Medical Assessments
- Scottish Water, Caledonian Water Alliance, Environmental Techniques, Good Friday Robotics - Adapting Drones for Safer Sewer Surveys
- Wessex Water - Sustainable Operations & Engineering
Leakage Initiative of the Year
2023 WINNER: Craley Group and Kier Utilities - CRALEY Sensing™
2023 FINALISTS:
- Anglian Water - Transforming leakage management with our smart metering programme
- Binnies UK, FIDO Tech, Thames Water Utilities - AI Leak Detection Service
- Craley Group and Kier Utilities - CRALEY Sensing™
- Morrison Water Services, a part of M Group Services - Leakage Technician recruitment initiative
- Severn Trent - Intelligent Kickouts
Natural Capital Initiative of the Year
2023 WINNER: Severn Trent, Mansfield District Council, Arup, Galliford Try, Via East Midlands - Mansfield Sustainable Flood Resilience – Pilot Raingardens
2023 FINALISTS:
- Mott MacDonald - Water Resources Regional Plan: Putting Natural Capital at the heart of the decision-making process
- Northumbrian Water Group - Nature Based Solutions for PR24 WINEP
- Severn Trent, Mansfield District Council, Arup, Galliford Try, Via East Midlands - Mansfield Sustainable Flood Resilience – Pilot Raingardens
- Southern Water and AECOM - Embedding natural capital across Southern Water's business
- South West Water - South West Peatland Partnership
- United Utilities - Innovative use of Free Surface Water Wetlands for treatment at Southwaite WwTW, using NBSs to generate Natural Capital benefits
- Wessex Water - Durleigh Wetlands & Water Quality Improvements
Net Zero Carbon Initiative of the Year
2023 WINNER: Severn Trent - Delivering net zero wastewater treatment
2023 FINALISTS:
- Caledonia Water Alliance, partnership between Morrison Water Services and AECOM - CWA Carbon Management Plan
- Costain, Vinci, Bachy - Fuel Efficiencies in Tideway East
- Dwr Cymru Welsh Water and Cobalt Water Global - Quantifying, Modelling and Mitigating Process Emissions: Welsh Waters Journey to Net Zero
- Isle Utilities - Trial Reservoir
- Metasphere - ART Sewer Wastewater Level Monitoring solution
- Severn Trent - Delivering net zero wastewater treatment
- Yorkshire Water and Stantec - Hollym, Myers Lane Wastewater Treatment Works – “Replacing Yorkshire Water’s at-risk coastal asset with an innovative low carbon solution”
- United Utilities and Avove - Vyrnwy Aqueduct Modernisation programme (VAMP) – bringing the aqueduct into the 21st Century
Pollution Mitigation Initiative of the Year
2023 WINNER: Ulster University - A Sustainable Method to Reduce Vancomycin Concentrations in Water Using Timber Waste
2023 FINALISTS:
- Binnies UK and Thames Water Utilities - WINEP Urban Pollution Mitigation Programme
- Glanville Environmental & South West Water - Pennance Mill Rising Main Scheme – A successful recipe combining innovative and traditional ingredients
- Metasphere - ART Sewer Wastewater Level Monitoring solution
- Northumbrian Water Group - Saltburn pop-up treatment works
- Plantwork Systems - Pollution Mitigation with Filtration+
- Smart Storm - The NeutraliZer
- Ulster University - A Sustainable Method to Reduce Vancomycin Concentrations in Water Using Timber Waste
- Xylem - Smart sensor and smart cloud technology to support Water Utilities with The Environment Act 2021
Rising Star Award
2023 WINNER: Justine Leadbetter, Water Research Centre
2023 FINALISTS:
- Callum Brock, Anglian Water
- Tim Chatfield, Costain
- Dan Crow, WSP
- Julia Jambo, Stantec
- Justine Leadbetter, Water Research Centre
- Alistair Nicol, Caledonia Water Alliance, a Morrison Water Services and AECOM partnership
- Will Sainsbury, Barhale
- Kai Woodman, Galliford Try
Smart Water Networks Award
2023 WINNER: Yorkshire Water, Stantec, Xylem & Idrica - Sheffield Smart Water Network
2023 FINALISTS:
- Arqiva and Anglian Water - AMI smart meter network rollout
- Connexin - Smart Meter Rollout
- Morrison Water Services, a part of M Group Services - VariSim Delta
- Yorkshire Water, Stantec, Xylem & Idrica - Sheffield Smart Water Network
Wastewater Innovation Project
2023 WINNER: Clancy - Blue Light Technology
2023 FINALISTS:
- Arup - Wastewater-based Epidemiology
- C2V+, a VolkerStevin/Jacobs joint venture - Breaking Boundaries at Ellesmere Port WwTW: Innovative treatment process for achieving flows and loads on a constrained site
- Clancy - Blue Light Technology
- Salinity Solutions - Batch reverse osmosis water treatment technology
- Samatrix – NOV - Norag
- Samotics and Yorkshire Water - SPS Clogging detections at Yorkshire Water with SAM4 Health
- Scottish Water Horizons - Innovative Hydro Generation plant on a Waste Water Treatment Works
- United Utilities - Blackburn and Darwen WwTW Integrated Solution
Water Efficiency Project of the Year
2023 WINNER: Thames Water - Non-Household Smart Meter Data Services and Continuous Flow Live Dashboard
2023 FINALISTS:
- Hero Labs - Sonic by Hero Labs, the smart leak defence and water management system
- Northumbrian Water Group - Water’s Worth Saving - Top 5% highest users
- South West Water - Stop The Drop
- Thames Water - Water Efficiency innovation from rolling out smart meters in businesses: Non-Household Smart Meter Data Services and Continuous Flow Live Dashboard
- Thames Water - Water Neutrality Pilot
- The Consumer Council for Water - 'Waterfall' Podcast
- Water Plus - Increasing water wisdom, efficiency and engagement amongst organisations of all sizes in the UK
- Water UK - Water's Worth Saving
Water Retailer of the Year
2023 WINNER: Wave
2023 FINALISTS:
- Business Stream
- Veolia Water Retail
- Water Plus
- Wave
Water Company of the Year
2023 WINNER: Anglian Water
2023 FINALISTS:
- Anglian Water
- Northumbrian Water Group
- SES Water