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WINNER: Scottish Water, m2, Caledonia Water Alliance, ARC and Clancy - Improving Urban Waters Team
FINALISTS:
Barhale and Thames Water - Victoria Station Mains Upgrade
Caledonia Water Alliance, M Group Water and AECOM - Partnership with Scottish Water SR21
Galliford Try - Exmouth Long Sea Outfall
RWGM and Scottish Water - Asset Inspection Programme
Severn Trent Water’s Common Data Environment and Autodesk Construction Cloud
Severn Trent Water - Revitalising sustainable water well construction
Scottish Water, m2, Caledonia Water Alliance, ARC and Clancy - Improving Urban Waters Team
Skewb and Southern Water - Driving Developments, Centred on the Customer
Thames Water and Capgemini - 360 overhaul of frontline customer service new joiner training
Xylem UK and Thames Water - Small Sewage Pumping Stations Phase Five Refurbishments
WINNER: APEM Group, Thames Water and WRC - GISewer
FINALISTS:
Anglian Water & Capgemini - Digital Information Management
APEM Group, Thames Water and WRC - GISewer
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water, WSP UK and Optimatics - Cardiff Resilience
Stonbury - Water Slow Sand Filters
Severn Trent Water and OxyMem - Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor (MABR)
Scottish Water and Binnies UK - Reliability Improvement and Real-Time Risk Management based on Asset Health
Southern Water - Optimisation and challenging permits
Yorkshire Water and Samotics - Smarter Asset Management Through Electrical Signature Analysis
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WINNER: United Utilities and Levidian - The Sustainable Biogas, Hydrogen, Graphene LOOP
FINALISTS:
P.F. Cusack (Tools Supplies) and Thames Water - Road Furniture Recycling Scheme
Southern Water and UDlive - Smart, Sustainable Sewers
United Utilities and Levidian - The Sustainable Biogas, Hydrogen, Graphene LOOP
WGMB and Scottish Water - Circular Economy MEICA Investment Strategy
WINNER: Northumbrian Water Group - Carlton and Sandy – Community Engagement vehicles
FINALISTS:
Barhale and Thames Water - Customer First delivers at Haydon End
Caledonia Water Alliance, M Group Water and AECOM - Customer and Community Strategy
Lanes Group - Brilliant Behaviours Programme
Northumbrian Water Group and Experientia Consulting - Smart from the Start
Northumbrian Water Group - Carlton and Sandy – Community Engagement vehicles
South West Water - Wheels of Engagement
United Utilities - Enhanced Metering with Lowest Bill Guarantee
Wessex Water - Customer Consent to Entry App
WINNER: Lanes Group
FINALISTS:
Adler & Allan
APEM Group
Lanes Group
MWH Treatment
Selwood
Stantec
Weir The Agency
WGM Engineering
WINNER: Sensat and Severn Trent – Digital visualisation in CSO planning
FINALISTS:
APEM Group, Stantec and Severn Trent Water - Hydro-ecological modelling to support sustainable water resources management
EXL Service and Thames Water
Northumbrian Water Group, Newcastle University and Innovate UK - OpsMod
Wessex Water - SMART Waste Systems Westbury – Image Processing
Scottish Water and BMA - Transforming Future Supply Resilience through Whole-Systems Digital Adaptive Planning
Sensat and Severn Trent – Digital visualisation in CSO planning
United Living Water & Totalmobile - Transforming Water Industry Field Operations through Digital Innovation
WSP UK - Goldset - Carsington to Tittesworth
WINNER: United Utilities - Achieving 4th place on the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers
FINALISTS:
Kier Group
Severn Trent Water - Inclusive Innovation
South East Water - Accessible services and support for all
South Staffs & Cambridge Water, Weir The Agency, University of Cambridge and Waterwise - Water Efficiency in Faith and Diverse Communities
United Utilities - Achieving 4th place on the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers
WINNER: Severn Trent Water - PFAS analysis of potable / drinking water using LCMSMS
FINALISTS:
Avove and iNPIPE PRODUCTS - Smart-air-pigging solutions
RSE (Ross-shire Engineering) - Water Treatment Works Refurbishment with Ceramic Membrane
AtkinsRéalis, Defra and RPS - Flushing out EDCs
Severn Trent Water - Tap Water Forensics
Severn Trent Water - PFAS analysis of potable / drinking water using LCMSMS
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WINNER: Salinity Solutions - HyBatch next generation reverse osmosis
FINALISTS:
Adaptive Control Solutions and Greener Waste Technology - RORO and Modular storm solutions
Affinity Water - WaterSave Tariff Trial
C2V+ (Jacobs and VolkerStevin Joint Venture) working with United Utilities - Macclesfield WwTW
Puragen Activated Carbons - PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' - Search, Capture & Destroy
Salinity Solutions - HyBatch next generation reverse osmosis
Severn Trent Water - Non parametric distribution
Stream - Unlocking Water Data
Thames Water, Hydraulic Analysis and HWM Global - Machine Learning to Enhance Acoustic Logger Performance and Reduce Leakage
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WINNER: Galliford Try - Protect and Prevent
FINALISTS:
Barhale - Leading frontline safety with data-science driven coaching
Galliford Try - Protect and Prevent
M Group Water and FYLD - Transforming Safety and Efficiency
Murphy Infrastructure and Boundless Immersive - Visual Standards
Pennon Group - HomeSafe Advent Calendar
Severn Trent and Intuety - Enhancing Supply Chain Safety Through Technology
Thames Water & Badger Meter - Innovative Toxic Gas Detection in Water Treatment
MWH Treatment, Stantec and J Murphy & Sons - St Helens Wastewater Treatment Works project
WINNER: Watergate - Stopping scandalous water waste with smart water management
FINALISTS:
Sensor - Waterless Geomembrane Arc Testing
Thames Water, Hydraulic Analysis Limited (HAL) and HWM Global - Machine Learning to Enhance Acoustic Logger Performance and Reduce Leakage
Watergate - Stopping scandalous water waste with smart water management
Yorkshire Water, Utilitec, Netmore, Itron, HWM Global, Hydraulic Analysis, Crowders Consulting - An integrated Smart approach to achieving 15% leakage reduction
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WINNER: South West Water - Upstream Thinking
FINALISTS:
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water - Collaborative approach sustainably protecting and enhancing blue and green
South West Water - Upstream Thinking
South East Water - H25: South East Water's 25-year environment plan
Southern Water - Go with the Flow
Severn Trent Water - Environment and sustainability design manual
Severn Trent and partners - Mansfield Sustainable Flood Resilience
RSE (Ross-shire Engineering) - Witches Oak Water Treatment Works / Floating Treatment Wetland Ecosystems
WINNER: JN Bentley, Severn Trent Water and AtkinsRéalis - Strongford Net Zero Hub
FINALISTS:
JN Bentley, Severn Trent Water and AtkinsRéalis - Strongford Net Zero Hub
McAllister Group and Thames Water - Northern Outfall Sewer 14 - Stratford High Street
WGMB and Scottish Water - Perth Wastewater Treatment Works
WINNER: United Utilities
FINALISTS:
Affinity Water
Business Stream
United Utilities
WINNER: Detectronic and Severn Trent Water - WINEP Overflow Programme
FINALISTS:
Adaptive Control and Greener Waste - RORO AM and RORO RB
Detectronic and Severn Trent Water - WINEP Overflow Programme
Kier Natural Resources, Nuclear & Networks, Severn Trent Water, Evenproducts and WSP - Storm Tanks Programme
Southern Water & Badger Meter - BOD Watch - A Data-Led Approach to Final Effluent Quality Assurance
Southern Water and Samotics - Stopping Pollution Before It Starts
Southern Water - Keeping groundwater out of private pipes
WGMB and Scottish Water - CSO Monitors Initiative
Yorkshire Water, Stantec and MMB - Clayton West Integrated Constructed Wetland
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WINNER: Emmanuel Elegbede, Bristol Water
FINALISTS:
Orla Clarke, WSP UK
Ellie-Kay Dawe, Aqua Consultants
Emmanuel Elegbede, Bristol Water
Olivia Finnie, Wessex Water
Macy Isherwood, Kier Natural Resources, Nuclear & Networks
Nikki Kaur, GHD
Robert McGachen, MWH Treatment
Callum Williams, Arcadis
WINNER: Yorkshire Water, Utilitec, Netmore, Itron, HWM Global, Hydraulic Analysis, Crowders Consulting - An integrated Smart approach to achieving 15% leakage reduction
FINALISTS:
Southern Water and UDlive - Transforming Wastewater Management with Dense, Intelligent Monitoring
Thames Water and Stantec - NE London Smart System Proof of Concept
Wessex Water - SMART Waste Systems Westbury – Image Processing
Yorkshire Water & Stantec. Supported by Stormharvester & ESRI - Intelligent Risk and Insight System (IRIS)
Yorkshire Water, Utilitec, Netmore, Itron, HWM Global, Hydraulic Analysis, Crowders Consulting - An integrated Smart approach to achieving 15% leakage reduction
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WINNER: Wessex Water - Portland Trunk Sewer Seismic Liner Installation
FINALISTS:
Arup, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure & Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water - Pont-y-felin Lane - Nature-based Approach to Storm Overflows
C2V+ (a VolkerStevin and Jacobs joint venture) working with United Utilities - Macclesfield WwTW: Advanced biological treatment through modern construction methods
McAllister Group and Thames Water - Northern Outfall Sewer 14 - Stratford High Street
Scottish Water, Royal HaskoningDHV, ESD (JV between Binnies, MWH treatment and Galliford Try) and EPS Water - Winchburgh Nereda® WwTW
Selwood and Severn Trent Water - Zero Spills Project
Severn Trent Water - Digital Twin
Southern Water and Samotics - Data-Driven Future for Wastewater: Southern Water’s Pioneering Electrical Data Initiative
Wessex Water - Portland Trunk Sewer Seismic Liner Installation
WINNER: Northumbrian Water Group - Making Harts’ Smart
FINALISTS:
Affinity Water – My Water Footprint - Water Efficiency Initiative
Anglian Water Metering Alliance – Smart Metering Programme
Avove and iNPIPE PRODUCTS - Smart air-pigging
Northumbrian Water Group - Making Harts’ Smart
Southern Water - Business Partnership Fund
Thames Water - Water Efficiency Marketing campaign
Watergate and Greystar - Transforming Water Management in Rental Housing
Water Plus - Water-savings at scale
WINNER: Wave
FINALISTS:
Business Stream
Everflow
water2business
Wave