About Us
TWENTY65 paved the way for a water future inspired and enabled by research, collaboratively and coherently accelerating innovation and delivering an energised water sector focused on sustainable tailored water solutions that positively impact public health, the environment, the economy and society.
In the UK, we benefit from a continuous supply of clean water to our houses and businesses 24 hours a day. The general infrastructure used to deliver this is the same across the whole country, and the processes used are both energy and chemically intensive. This results in some of the cleanest water in the world being delivered to everyone from the northern tip of Scotland to the south Coast, whenever we need it.
However, our water supply systems are facing numerous and increasing challenges. Our growing population, ageing infrastructure and the impacts of climate change could result in a number of potentially disastrous future scenarios.
So how do we build resilience, efficiency and adaptability into our systems, networks and catchments to ensure we all receive clean water, sustainably, by the year 2065 and beyond?
The answer is not straight forwards and requires significant changes to the way we manage and regulate our water systems. We need to develop disruptive innovations and facilitate market uptake, but it is clear that there is no single 'silver bullet' solution.
To do this we need to develop and demonstrate safe technologies and solutions at unusual scales and novel environmental and societal constraints.
The UK Water industry is fragmented and often referred to as 'working in silos'. The TWENTY65 team aim to bridge the innovation gap between cutting-edge academic research and the wider water industry by bringing the industry together to think about water in entirely new ways. We're starting from the assumption that the existing centralised systems are unsustainable from an economic, sociological and ecological perspective. Traditional water treatment plants are large, unpopular with the general public, and require considerable investment to ensure they can continue beyond their current lifespans and operating capacities.
Our mission is to deliver sustainable tailored water solutions with a positive impact for public health, the environment, economy and society.
Funded initially by the EPSRC, TWENTY65 will develop social and technological solutions tailored to specific challenges at niche locations within the water cycle, resulting in a 'silver basket' of potential solutions. When put together, the 'silver basket' will offer bespoke solutions, deployed at the point-of-need. We can only achieve success with this grand challenge by working coherently with all players within the water industry - if you are interested in working with our growing consortium, please contact us at twenty65@sheffield.ac.uk
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Who |
Role at T65 |
Affiliation at during time of project |
CORE TEAM |
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Prof Joby Boxall |
TWENTY65 Principal Investigator and Technical Director |
University of Sheffield |
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Prof Vanessa Speight |
TWENTY65 Managing Director |
University of Sheffield |
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Caroline Wadsworth |
Water Innovation Hub Manager |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Laura Roberts |
Water Innovation Hub Outreach and Dissemination Manager |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Emma Westling |
Research Associate and Impact Co-ordinator |
University of Sheffield |
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Lindsey Farnsworth |
Water Innovation Hub Administrator |
University of Sheffield |
RESEARCHERS |
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Prof Michael Templeton |
Demand-based technologies for tailored treatment |
Imperial College London |
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Prof Simon Tait |
Lead - Minimising carbon emissions through synergistic water-energy systems |
University of Sheffield |
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Prof Kirill Horoshenkov |
Lead - Robotics |
University of Sheffield |
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Prof Martin Mayfield |
Foresight and integration |
University of Sheffield |
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Prof Virginia Stovin |
City as a water resource |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Liz Sharp |
Lead - Mobilisation as an innovation |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Kamal Birdi |
Lead - Collaboration for Innovation |
University of Sheffield |
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Prof David Butler |
Lead - City as a water resource |
University of Exeter |
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Prof Nigel Graham |
Lead - Adapting to changing catchments |
Imperial College London |
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Prof Richard Dawson |
Lead - Foresight and integration |
University of Newcastle |
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Prof Joanna Clark |
Adapting to changing catchments |
University of Reading |
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Dr Peter Melville-Schreeve |
City as a water resource |
University of Exeter |
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Dr Alison Browne |
Mobilisation as an innovation |
University of Manchester |
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Dr Claire Walsh |
Using digital twins to explore water futures |
University of Newcastle |
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Prof Richard Brazier |
Adapting to changing catchments |
University of Exeter |
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Dr Kerrie Unsworth |
Collaboration for innovation |
University of Leeds |
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Dr Richard Collins |
Robotics |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Graham Stafford |
Demand-based technologies for tailored treatment |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Henriette Jensen |
Demand-based technologies for tailored treatment |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Martina McGuiness |
Collaboration for innovation |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Alma Schellart |
Minimising carbon emissions through synergistic water-energy systems |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Mark Ogden |
Demand-based technologies for tailored treatment |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Jonathan Ritson |
Adapting to changing catchments |
Imperial College London |
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Dr Charlotte Hawkins |
Adapting to changing catchments |
University of Reading |
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Phiala Mehring |
Adapting to changing catchments |
University of Reading |
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Dr Christopher Parrott |
Robotics |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Fei Liu |
Minimising carbon emissions through synergistic water-energy systems |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Elizabeth Court |
Demand-based technologies for tailored treatment |
University of Sheffield |
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Joe Hook |
Foresight and Integration |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Majed Khadem |
Foresight and Integration |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Ruth Quinn |
City as a water resource |
University of Sheffield |
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Prof Raziyeh Farmani |
City as a water resource |
University of Exeter |
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Gabby Powell |
Adapting to changing catchments |
University of Reading |
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Charlotte Hawkins |
Adapting to changing catchments |
University of Reading |
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Joe Croft |
Demand-based technologies for tailored treatment |
Imperial College London |
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Prof Chris Collins |
Adapting to changing catchments |
University of Reading |
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Fiona Ribbons |
Demand-based technologies for tailored treatment |
Imperial College London |
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Prof Catherine Biggs |
Lead - Demand-based technologies for tailored treatment |
University of Sheffield/Newcastle University |
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Lindsay Hopcroft |
Water Innovation Hub Administrator |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Wenzheng Yu |
Demand-based technologies for tailored treatment |
Imperial College London |
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Dr Vitor Martins |
Demand-based technologies for tailored treatment |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Alex Riley |
Demand-based technologies for tailored treatment |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Ben Krueger |
Demand-based technologies for tailored treatment |
Imperial College London |
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Teng Liu |
Demand-based technologies for tailored treatment |
Imperial College London |
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Prof Tony Dodd |
Robotics |
University of Sheffield |
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Richard Molyneux |
Robotics |
University of Sheffield |
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Emily Dalby |
City as a water resource |
University of Sheffield |
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Hamza Askari |
City as a water resource |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Michael Bell |
Adapting to changing catchments |
University of Reading |
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Tom Kelly |
Adapting to changing catchments |
University of Reading |
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Dr Emilie Grand-Clement |
Adapting to changing catchments |
University of Exeter |
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Dr Fatima Ajia |
Mobilisation as an innovation |
University of Sheffield |
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Juliet De Little |
Mobilisation as an innovation |
University of Sheffield |
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Christine Sefton |
Mobilisation as an innovation |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Jeanette Garwood |
Collaboration for innovation |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr James Porter |
Collaboration for innovation |
University of Sheffield |
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Dr Rizwan Nawaz |
Foresight and Integration |
University of Sheffield |
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Kaiyan Zhou |
Demand-based technologies for tailored treatment |
Imperial College London |
STRATEGIC ADVISORY BOARD |
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Tom Flood, Chair |
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UK Water Partnership |
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Louis Brimacombe |
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Independent (formerly Tata Steel) |
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Issy Caffoor |
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Independent (formerly Yorkshire Water) |
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Margaret Cobbold |
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Independent (formerly Veolia Environmental Trust) |
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Tony Conway |
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Independent (formerly United Utilities) |
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Sarah Hendry |
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DEFRA |
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Richard Laikin |
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Independent (formerly PWC) |
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Andrew Lawrence |
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EPSRC |
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David Leon |
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Nationwide |
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Jess Phoenix |
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DEFRA |
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Philip Sellwood |
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Energy Saving Trust |
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Dave Tickner |
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WWF |
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LEADERSHIP ADVISORY BOARD |
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Tony Conway, Chair |
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Independent (formerly United Utilities) |
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Jon Brigg |
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Yorkshire Water |
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Issy Caffoor |
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Independent (formerly Yorkshire Water) |
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Chris Digman |
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Stantec |
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Peter Drake |
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WIF |
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Michael Elwell |
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Independent (formerly Aliaxis) |
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Georgina Freeman |
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EPSRC |
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Andrea Gysin |
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Thames Water |
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Tony Harrington |
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Dwr Cymru Welsh Water |
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Paul Horton |
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Future Water Association |
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Hans Jensen |
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UKWIR / UK Water Partnership |
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Dani Jordan |
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WWF |
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Chris Jones |
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Northumbrian Water |
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Steve Kaye |
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Anglian Water / UKWIR |
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Maria Calderon Munoz |
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EPSRC |
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Tony Rachwal |
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UK Water Partnership |
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Jon Rathjen |
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Scottish Government |
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Adrian Rees |
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AECOM/Arup |
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Paul Rutter |
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Thames Water |
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Ronan Palmer |
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Ofwat |
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Ruqaiyah Patel |
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EPSRC |
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George Ponton |
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Scottish Water |
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Martin Shouler |
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Arup |
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Bob Stear |
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Severn Trent Water |
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Tony Williams |
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British Water |
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Mark Worsfold |
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South West Water |