Ofwat Innovation Fund has today announced the winners of the fifth Water Breakthrough Challenge - £42.7 million is being awarded to develop projects and technologies to help solve some of the many challenges facing the water sector.

Water sector regulator Ofwat has announced details of its £400 million Innovation Fund which will be extended for a further five years to 2030, the next five years of AMP8 - the funding is intended to support ambitious and collaborative water innovation projects.

The fifth round of Ofwat’s Innovation Fund Water Breakthrough Challenge has opened today, with approximately £40 million available for projects delivered in partnership with water companies in England and Wales.

Northumbrian Water has secured over £10 million worth of funding for a number of exciting new innovation projects which are set to revolutionise wastewater operations and customer service.

Ofwat is reminding interested organisations that the entry period for the Water Breakthrough Challenge 4 is closing soon.

Ofwat, the economic regulator for the water sector in England and Wales, is calling on water companies with bold and innovative projects to solve some of the water sector’s biggest challenges to apply to win the fourth Water Breakthrough Challenge.

Entries for the third round of Ofwat’s Water Breakthrough Challenge are now open, offering up to £38 million in funding to incentivise innovation in the water sector.

Ofwat has announced a new “open access” competition for innovators as its £200 million Innovation Fund evolves to encourage more diverse ideas to transform water services for customers, the environment and society.

An innovative project to implement an integrated water management system has been named a winner of Ofwat’s second Water Breakthrough Challenge.

Northumbrian Water has been awarded over £6 million worth of funding as part of the second round of Ofwat’s Water Breakthrough Challenge for projects which will help to reduce leakage and enable innovation across the utilities sector.