Amount awarded: £1,200,000
Led by: Anglian Water Services
Partners: Avanade UK Limited, Microsoft, Severn Trent Water, Wessex Water, National Trust, The Country Land and Business Association (CLA), Suffolk Sustainability institute – University of Suffolk, Norfolk Rivers Trust
This partnership project will develop an ecological digital twin of one of Norfolk’s iconic chalk streams, the River Stiffkey. Our digital twin will turbo-charge the sector’s response to river water quality to meet the evolving needs of customers, wider society and the environment. It will offer the ability to scale solutions to a major issue affecting customers and the environment now and in the long term, enabling new ideas and ways of working with partners from a broad range of sectors and perspectives. Taking an open approach, our project will generate learning for the benefit of all.
“This bid will build on the fantastic work already underway through the Climate Resilience Demonstrator. Last summer illustrated the urgency and importance of this project. The impact of extreme heat on our assets is poorly understood and we must act to protect our infrastructure, communities and customers in the future.” – Carly Leonard, Head of Environmental Strategy, Anglian Water
