Northumbrian Water have been awarded over £6m worth of funding for projects which will help to reduce leakage and enable innovation across the utilities sector.
The funding has been granted to two separate projects; The National Leakage Research and Test Centre (NLRTC), which was awarded £5.3m, and Stream, which was awarded £880k.
It comes as part of the second round of the Water Breakthrough Challenge, an innovation competition led by water regulator Ofwat and delivered by Nesta Challenges in partnership with Arup and Isle Utilities.
Source: Northumbrian Water
