Northumbrian Water is working with Durham University and a company called Intelligent Gels, to help prevent tree roots from damaging the sewer network and increasing the risk of flooding and pollution.

Marine Energy Wales is involved in a new €4.2m cross-border project aiming to boost the marine energy industry in Wales and Ireland, which was announced by Counsel General and Brexit Minister, Jeremy Miles.

Scottish Water has launched a ground-breaking energy hub which will deliver low-carbon heat harnessed from waste water to a city community.

The UK Space Agency has extended the funding for HR Wallingford, enabling the water research specialists to broaden its space-based dam monitoring system, DAMSAT, to include water dams in a bid to reduce the risk of failures.

Research England has announced a £10.5 million investment which will fund a pioneering new collaborative research centre to be hosted at the University of Exeter – the centre has already received more than £20 million of funding from South West Water.

With sensing technologies set to become integral to the digitisation of the UK water industry and AMP7, Ofwat associate director Alison Fergusson has said that more industry trials, together with more collaboration could help to drive innovation.