Communication, Collaboration & Networking

Helps overcome fragmentation in the supply chain by connecting contractors, consultants, and technology providers. It also supports export growth and showcases innovation to accelerate adoption.

They foster collaboration and innovation to address challenges such as climate change and urban growth.  

Addresses global disconnects in water knowledge sharing by convening international experts and promoting sustainable water management across borders. It helps overcome siloed thinking and fosters climate resilience.

They provide insights into industry trends, competition, and technology updates, which are essential for fostering collaboration and innovation. 

Play a crucial role in the UK water industry by organizing conferences and training events that facilitate communication and collaboration among industry professionals. These events serve as a primary platform for knowledge dissemination, offering insights into global trends, regulations, and technologies relevant to the water sector. 

Addresses visibility challenges for suppliers and innovators by providing a platform for sector news, product launches, and event coverage. It helps build awareness and engagement across the industry.

Tackles siloed problem-solving by convening cross-sector stakeholders to address shared challenges. It fosters collaboration, thought leadership, and strategic dialogue.

Helps overcome strategic misalignment by mapping innovation activity and connecting actors across funding, policy, and delivery. It positions the UK water sector for global leadership.

Spring exists to enable effective delivery of innovation and collaboration by creating centralised intelligence for both water companies and suppliers. They can help you showcase your work and successes to the whole sector, connect your solution with the right people, and understand sector priorities to better target your efforts.

Stream (open-data platform) focuses on enabling the sharing, access and use of water-industry datasets across organisations, to drive innovation and improve outcomes for customers, society and the environment. 

Helps SMEs overcome barriers to visibility, funding, and influence by showcasing innovation and supporting skills development. It fosters a more inclusive and dynamic supply chain.

Reduces fragmentation in industry voice by coordinating policy advocacy and regulatory engagement. It ensures utilities speak with clarity and unity on strategic issues.

They lead collaborative research platforms, bringing together water companies and academic experts to tackle sector challenges. 

The GWI Executive Membership, combines insights from over 40 experts to deliver cutting-edge weekly articles, datasets, project opportunities, and more. 

Their Forum is a flagship event that brings together industry leaders, policymakers, and regulators to discuss key issues and shape policy.  

They help address a lack of shared understanding across water innovators, investors, and utilities; fragmented storytelling around emerging technologies and global water challenges.

They play a crucial role in fostering communication and collaboration within the UK water industry by providing a platform for networking, collaboration and operational support.

They engage with government, public authorities, and the general public to ensure ethical and responsible practices in engineering and construction, thereby fostering collaboration and innovation within the water sector. 

They organise events and offers continuous professional development opportunities, ensuring that engineers stay updated with the latest advancements.  

They advocate for policies that support science education and funding, ensuring that the UK remains a leader in scientific innovation.

Help with the lack of consumer representation in water sector decisions, unresolved complaints, limited public understanding of water rights and responsibilities.

Focuses on tackling big industry and environmental challenges (e.g., infrastructure digitalisation, water-quality, storm-overflow management) by overcoming silos, slow innovation uptake and complex cross-sector issues.

Reduces barriers to communication among innovation stakeholders by convening a peer network of districts and knowledge quarters, fostering best-practice sharing, policy–practice dialogue and co-created tools that bridge academia, industry, government and local communities.

The Energy Innovation Centre (EIC) turns network-focused ideas for gas and electricity into usable, operational systems faster, supporting the UK’s transition to a net-zero power system.

Connecting the public and private sectors to address the UK’s most pressing water challenges. It works to identify issues in the sector and unlock funding pathways that drive transformative action. The UKWP also serves as a national platform to promote UK water expertise, its services, research, and technologies, on the global stage, aiming to expand the UK’s presence in the $500 billion international water market and foster impactful international collaborations. The UKWP’s workstreams extend beyond the municipal water sector, focusing on enhancing water-related practices across all adjacent sectors.