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Explore where water-technology investment is growing and how emerging funding priorities are shaping real-world trials and the next wave of scalable solutions.
A roundup of emerging funding priorities in water innovation funding, with examples from technologies already being tested through the Trial Reservoirs Initiative.
2025 was a remarkably successful year for global water innovation funding.
A Milestone for Turning Water Innovation Into Adoption
The problem we set out to solve
Four years ago, in the aftermath of yet another global climate summit heavy on ambition but depressingly light on delivery, the Trial Reservoirs Initiative was conceived to challenge the water sector’s most persistent failure: the gap between proving a technology works and actually using it. We knew lack of innovation wasn’t the probl
Discover how a new technology is transforming wastewater into clean water for industrial use. Supported by the Trial Reservoirs Initiative, it uses 80% less energy than the market-leading desalination technology.
New Desalination Technology Supported By the Trial Reservoirs Initiative Uses 80% Less EnergyFor the last three and a half years, a new technology that transforms wastewater into clean water using 80% less energy than conventional methods has b
Discover how best practice KPI design can drive innovation trials and increase technology adoption in the water sector.
This blog is the last of a 3-part series unpicking what makes the Trial Reservoir model – boasting a 70% success rate – so distinctive. In it, we explore the elements that matter most when designing tech trials. If you missed the beginning, jump back and read the first post
Nick Blamire Brown
Discover the top water tech trials bottlenecks that derail innovation, and learn practical ways to avoid them.
This is the second of a three-part blog series on how the Trial Reservoirs Initiative is helping accelerate tech adoption in the water sector and beyond. Want to steal our model? Find out how in our first blog,
Isle facilitated webinars with UpLink and CWA to speak with water tech startups about Trial Reservoirs and accelerate pilot-driven innovation.
UpLink, the World Economic Forum’s early-stage innovation initiative, is enabling and accelerating the purpose-driven entrepreneurs that are essential for a net-zero, nature-positive, and equitable future, by connecting them to the resources, experts and funding they need to scale. We spoke to a select group
Most startups fail, not because the technology is poor, but due to adoption hurdles.
In the UK, 60% of startups fail. In the US, that value rises to 80%. In the water sector and beyond, adoption hurdles – like risk-averse procurement, fragmented systems, infrastructure availability, and long timelines – can stall even proven solutions.
Reshmina William
Insights from GWI: Why water reuse, AI, and urgent investment are key to climate resilience—and why every boardroom must take notice.
From Every Drop, Many Drops: Reflections from GWI on Reuse, AI, and Urgency in Water Investment
At this year’s Global Water Intelligence (GWI) Summit, water reuse, artificial intelligence, and investment emerged as three definin
Karyn Georges
The U.S. water sector faces uncertainty following recent federal actions impacting funding, workforce stability, and infrastructure costs. Executive Order 14154 has halted key investments, federal workforce reductions are delaying regulations, and new tariffs threaten rising material costs. Industry leaders must adapt strategies for resilience, alternative financing, and innovation. Learn how these changes may affect water utilities and how to navigate the shifting landscape.
Reshmina William;Cristina Ahmadpour
With £51bn at stake, AMP8 is the most ambitious regulatory period in UK water history. But will this investment actually deliver? Many utilities struggled in AMP7 due to aging infrastructure, regulatory constraints, and a lack of innovation frameworks. This article explores why traditional approaches won’t work and how utilities must embed structured innovation into business-as-usual operations to meet leakage, storm overflow, and water security targets.