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In 2022 we launched a challenge to help deliver a significant increase in the number of in-sewer monitors on key assets and at key locations. The benefits are now clear to see, with numerous examples each month of the additional sewer level data helping to prevent flooding and pollution incidents.

We recently published our open data strategy, which outlines how we will cultivate our experience in open data to achieve greater maturity.

We're now using a software monitoring tool - identified through a Marketplace challenge - to provide data and insights to help optimise the operation of an ion exchange plant near Blandford.

Our partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) company Molfar, which came about through our AI sewer scanning Marketplace challenge, is already revolutionising our sewer survey activity.

Last Autumn we launched a challenge looking for low cost monitors to enable us to increase our ability to proactively monitor and identify issues in our sewer network.

We launched the ion exchange brine challenge to try to find a more sustainable approach to deal with the brine waste from the ion exchange plants at one of our water treatment works.

We launched this challenge in September 2021 looking for alternative approaches to facilitate replacing buoyant plastic bead media used at some of our water recycling centres.

Last Autumn we launched a challenge looking at foaming at water recycling centre outfalls.

We launched this particular challenge to explore the possibility of coating some of the chambers and channels at our water recycling centres with an anti-fouling paint.

As 2021 draws to a close we’re looking back at some of our news and achievements related to the Wessex Water Marketplace.