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24/02/2026
Initial Response to the Government Water Sector Reform White Paper
The most significant legislative reset of the industry since privatisation....
21/01/2026
Collaborative research programme will transform UK and Irish water
In a move to help water companies meet increasingly specific regulatory and operational challenges, UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) is significantly increasing its ability to deliver a Tailored Collaborative Research Programme (TCRP). ...
01/12/2025
Reflections on UKWIR's revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive workshop
The GB water industry is seizing a unique opportunity to shape its future approach to wastewater treatment following the revision of the EU’s Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (rUWWTD). ...
01/12/2025
Updated Carbon Accounting Workbook is now live
Since its launch in 2007, UKWIR’s Carbon Accounting Workbook (CAW) has been fundamental to the water industry’s ability to estimate and report in their greenhouse gas emissions. Having a single industry tool means companies’ reporting is consistent, informed by latest science and is aligned with evo...
01/12/2025
Sustainable water treatment: building resilience for the UK's future
The provision of safe, clean drinking water is a cornerstone of public health and economic prosperity in the UK. However, the sector is facing escalating challenges, driven by factors such as climate change, population growth, and the increasing complexity of raw water sources. These pressures highl...
08/09/2025
New UKWIR research explores FOG-based wastewater charging
New research from UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) directly addresses a persistent challenge to wastewater infrastructure resilience and investigates whether wastewater charges for food service businesses should more accurately reflect the Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) content of their discharges....
04/09/2025
What process options are available for treatment of hazardous chemicals at point of entry to sewer?
The growing challenge of chemicals in our water systems demands urgent attention and a fundamental shift in our approach. UKWIR is at the forefront of this critical issue with its project, ‘What process options are available for treatment of hazardous chemicals at point of entry to sewer?’...
03/09/2025
Call out: UKWIR seeking product marketing specialist (project-based) to leverage vital tools and services
To meet the changing requirements of our members – water companies in the UK and Ireland - at pace and with purpose, we are seeking to bring a product development mindset to the strategic development of our tools and services....
12/08/2025
House of Lords committee calls for a UK nitrogen management strategy
Urgent regulatory clarity across the water and agriculture sectors is needed to improve the UK’s management and reuse of nitrogen, the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee has told the Government....
01/08/2025
UKWIR's response to the Independent Water Commission's final report
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23/07/2025
UKWIR Seeks Project Managers
We are seeking Project Managers to manage and deliver a subset of projects from our strategic research programme of relevance and value to our members. This will be achieved by working closely with UKWIR’s members, their regulators and the contractors delivering the projects....
20/07/2025
Leveraging smart data for effective asset management decision making
With AMP8 now underway for English and Welsh water companies, and with Scottish Water well into the throes of SR21– it is clear that, across the board, the need to make effective decisions, prioritising investment in assets where it is needed most, is key....
17/07/2025
Designing a water resources planning framework fit for the future
Now and over the coming decades, water resource managers across the UK & Ireland face compounding challenges – climate change resulting in unpredictable weather patterns and, as drought becomes a greater threat, low flows (the periods when watercourses, such as rivers and streams, have significantly...
17/07/2025
A message from our CEO, Mike Rose
Welcome to UKWIR’s Summer Newsletter, and my first edition as UKWIR’s CEO....
17/07/2025
Introducing the 4th Phase of the Chemical Investigations Programme
For this month’s blog, we spoke to UKWIR strategic programme manager, Jenni Hughes. With ten years’ experience working on the industry’s Chemical Investigations Programme, she outlines what we can expect from the upcoming phase of this vital, ongoing project. Alongside this, she also offers her refl...
05/04/2024
Accelerating Progress in Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Water Industry
In recent years, significant steps have been made in the right direction for improving equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the UK and Irish water industries. But, there is still room for improvement. With population increase, extreme weather events and aging infrastructure placing ever-growin...
02/01/2024
Opening access to our reports
On behalf of our members, we oversee the delivery, from concept, through research to peer-review and publication, of high-quality reports on varied topics every year – and have done so since UKWIR was formed in 1993.
Our research covers a broad spectrum of topics crucial to the UK and Irish water i...
28/02/2022
Our first step towards a centre of excellence
At the risk of making too obvious a pun, I’m delighted that Spring has sprung.
Carly, Shaunna and everyone else involved have done a fantastic job in turning an idea in a strategy into something much more real. That they achieved this in just over six weeks after being appointed in July is astonis...
29/09/2021
Looking towards a more collaborative future
Our recent inaugural UKWIR annual conference was a chance to bring together different stakeholders from the water sector and hear from water companies, academics, the supply chain, government, regulators and other industrial sectors.
Of course, it was a virtual event and while it concluded a challe...
12/01/2021
Steve Kaye, CEO of UKWIR gives his perspective on the opportunities associated with the new Water Innovation Strategy.
The challenge laid down by Ofwat to develop a strategy to guide the delivery of transformational innovation in the areas where rapid progress is most needed has been taken on with energy and enthusiasm by the water sector.
The publication of the UK’s first innovation strategy lays a path for a very...
05/08/2020