This project will deliver a sustainable, water-saving solution in response to new housing developments being built. Winning £2.9 million, it will minimise water demand and offset water consumption with new technologies, to ensure the total water use in the community remains the same as it was before the new homes were built.
Affinity Water and its partners will do this by installing water saving devices in customers’ homes – such as shower heads, tap inserts and larger equipment that recycle washing machine water or collect rainwater. This will mean customers use less in their homes. The project team will also install larger technologies on commercial buildings like schools and leisure centres – for example greywater recycling and ultra-low flush toilets. By combining the reductions from customers and commercial building the total amount of water used within the area will remain the same.
Affinity Water has partnered with three different NAV sites (smaller water companies that manage new build housing developments). This will allow to trial different approaches and see which options work best, as well as helping smaller companies break into the market. Customers will have lower bills, water companies will be able to trial water neutrality at scale and the smaller water providers (NAVs) will benefit from better access to the market and strengthened industry partnerships.
Project partners: Affinity Water, Albion Water Limited, BUUK Infrastructure UK No 2 Ltd, Propelair – Phoenix Product Development Ltd,H2OiQ Ltd, SDS Ltd, Hydraloop International, Skewb