Ofwat has announced it will allow requests for limited exclusions from performance commitments to facilitate applications to the £600 million Innovation Fund.

The Ofwat Innovation Fund has launched the sixth Water Breakthrough Challenge which will award up to £50 million to groundbreaking, collaborative innovations that will help tackle the biggest challenges facing the water sector.

Ofwat has issued a statement this morning confirming that it will be business-as-usual for the regulator’s £600 million Innovation Fund activities. 

Ofwat has awarded a contract for Innovation Fund AMP8 delivery partners 2025-30 worth an estimated £18.4 million (excluding VAT).

Ofwat Innovation Fund has today announced the winners of the fifth Water Breakthrough Challenge - £42.7 million is being awarded to develop projects and technologies to help solve some of the many challenges facing the water sector.

Water sector regulator Ofwat has announced details of its £400 million Innovation Fund which will be extended for a further five years to 2030, the next five years of AMP8 - the funding is intended to support ambitious and collaborative water innovation projects.

Water sector regulator Ofwat has gone out to tender with a contract for Innovation Fund delivery partners 2025-30 worth up to an estimated £18.4 million.

The fifth round of Ofwat’s Innovation Fund Water Breakthrough Challenge has opened today, with approximately £40 million available for projects delivered in partnership with water companies in England and Wales.

Ofwat has published a paper setting out the process it followed for its Water Breakthrough Challenge 4 innovation competition (Breakthrough 4) and the reasons for its funding decisions. 

Ofwat has published its Annual Report  on the Ofwat Innovation Fund for 2023-24, setting out progress since its last report in July 2023, further improvements which could be made in innovation performance in the water sector and outlining next steps for the fund.