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Water company wins £9.5m from innovation fund

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May 21, 2025

NORTHUMBRIAN Water has been awarded £9.5m from an industry innovation fund for three projects that aim to improve the environment and boost customer service.

- GRAEME WHITFIELD

The company has won backing for three projects in the latest round of Ofwat Innovation Fund's Water Breakthrough Challenge. It has now received financial support for 19 schemes over the last five years, the largest number of any single company in the UK water industry.

The Smart Skies Healthy Waters scheme will see drones and robotics used alongside other technology to transform the monitoring of the region's waterways. The scheme aims to deliver laboratory-grade analysis to help protect the inland and coastal waters.

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