The Water Breakthrough Challenge 2 now open

water Breakthrough Challenge 2 (Now open)

Entries to the second round of the Water Breakthrough Challenge (‘Breakthrough 2’) opened on 11 October 2021 will be with two streams of funding available for innovative initiatives which deliver benefits for customers, society and the environment.

In response to feedback from the water sector, Breakthrough 2 will bring together elements from the first rounds of both the Water Breakthrough Challenge and the Innovation in Water Challenge. This will provide a unified and streamlined process for water companies in England and Wales and their partners to access the Fund.

Water companies in England and Wales and their partners will be able to bid for funding through two streams:

Water Breakthrough Challenge Catalyst Stream

Water Breakthrough Challenge Transform Stream

The Catalyst Stream aims to encourage new ways of working that go beyond business-as-usual innovation practices in the water sector, in particular, increasing and improving collaboration and building partnerships from within and outside the water sector.

The Transform Stream aims to spark ambitious innovation and enable new approaches and ways of working, equipping the water sector to address the big challenges facing the sector, driving far-reaching and long-lasting benefits to customers, society and the environment across England and Wales now and into the future.

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