Stream, a UK water open data initiative, has won an Esri ‘Special Achievement in GIS Award’ for its pioneering work in helping water companies to share their data with each other and various stakeholders, including innovators, citizens, regulators and interest groups.

RSK Group, one of UK’s largest environmental consultancies and a global leader in the delivery of sustainable solutions will increase use of geospatial technology to help support its global growth ambitions of quadrupling this year’s £1.2 billion revenue to £5 billion-plus by 2030.

Anglian Water has created a real-time picture of sewer risk, which is helping drive proactive interventions to reduce sewer blockages, flooding and pollution incidents.

Essex & Suffolk Water is working with technology company MGISS to improve the accuracy and currency of asset data while future proofing corporate systems.

O2, Ericsson and Northumbrian Water have conducted a series of initial 5G trials to harness the power of 5G connectivity to revolutionise the way the Durham-based company operates.

Thames Water has gone out to tender with a contract for data management services worth an estimated £10 million-plus.

Southern Water has gone out to tender with a contract for geographic information systems replacement worth an estimated £1.5 million.

Anglian Water has awarded an IT contract to put an infrastructure and application development framework in place worth an estimated £100 million.

A new roadmap for quantum technologies setting out how UK businesses can lead the world in multi-billion pound industries over the next 25 years has flagged up potential applications in the water sector.