{"id":121831,"date":"2023-02-27T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=121831"},"modified":"2023-02-27T15:39:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T15:39:27","slug":"the-water-discovery-challenge-calls-new-innovators-help-tackle-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/the-water-discovery-challenge-calls-new-innovators-help-tackle-challenges\/121831\/","title":{"rendered":"The Water Discovery Challenge calls for new innovators to help to tackle sector challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Water Discovery Challenge is calling on innovators from outside the water industry to put forward new ideas for tackling the sector\u2019s biggest challenges. Jeannette Henderson, principal of the Ofwat Innovation Fund, explains<\/h2>\n

Water companies provide drinking water and wastewater services to over 50m households in England and Wales, with a sewage network that could wrap around the world 13 times. With large, ageing networks operating in the context of increasing demand and climate change, the sector faces undeniable and urgent challenges that require action now.<\/p>\n

The vital task of delivering water relies on the continuous provision of safe, adaptable, climate-resilient, low-carbon and innovative buildings, systems and infrastructure. These are many of the same challenges that innovators in the construction industry are tackling. Their expertise and bold thinking could help the water sector<\/a> achieve the same goals.<\/p>\n