Water sector supply chain companies are being invited to share their experiences of working with UK utilities over the past 12 months.

Mark Fletcher, global water leader at Arup and an Arup Fellow, has been announced as British Water’s new chair. The appointment was announced at the trade association’s annual general meeting on 28 July 2022 and comes as Chris Loughlin steps down from the role.

The importance of supply chain resilience in the water sector was the overarching message from Baroness Brown, speaking at a British Water reception held at the House of Lords this week. The reception, now in its 15th year, was hosted by Baroness Brown of Cambridge, chair of the Adaptation Committee of the Climate Change Committee.

A new survey from British Water reveals there is an ongoing lack of innovation uptake by water companies and their delivery partners.

Four British Water Ambassadors have been appointed for the first time by the board of the UK’s leading sector trade association.

British Water’s unique Women on Water campaign continues to build momentum, with the renewal of a successful mentoring programme and the announcement of an in-person networking reception.

British Water will welcome Anita Payne, director of insights and impact at industry regulator Ofwat, as keynote speaker as its 2021 data conference. The role open data could play in the transformation of water is at the centre of discussions being had across the UK sector and the trade association is keen to move the dialogue forward.

Ofwat’s new interim chief executive has set out six key areas of focus to help drive change in water, telling industry representatives “we can’t simply build our way out of the challenges in front of us”.

The water sector is moving towards an outcome-focused approach to the way it plans and invests in environmental solutions. That is the view of Phil Higgins, Jacobs head of water, UK & Ireland, who took part in the latest Talking on Water thought-leadership conversation with British Water chief executive Lila Thompson.

British Water chief executive Lila Thompson says a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreed between India and the UK’s leading water sector trade association will “bring a great boost” to trading relationships between the two countries. Thompson’s comments came at the India-UK Water Partnership Forum, a virtual event which took place on 22 September 2020.