Aqualogic is providing the engineering delivery on Sorting Water in Schools, a new government-funded programme that combines smart monitoring, field engineering and education to reduce water waste across ten Cambridgeshire schools.
Aqualogic is proud to be part of Sorting Water in Schools, a new project helping schools across Cambridgeshire reduce water waste, lower costs and better understand how they use water.
Led by water technology company Watergate, the project has been awarded almost £100,000 through the Water Efficiency Cambridgeshire Fund (weCB Fund), which is 100% funded by the UK Government through the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Aqualogic and independent research body WRc join Watergate as delivery partners. Together, the partners will install smart water monitoring across ten schools in the Cambridge Water Resource Zone, alongside early work with the University of Cambridge at its award-winning Entopia Building, home to the University’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
Aqualogic’s role
Aqualogic provides the field engineering that turns data into water saved. Our teams will install the smart sensors, investigate alerts as they come in, and carry out targeted repairs to fix hidden leaks quickly. It is the practical delivery side of the programme, and the point where monitoring becomes a measurable reduction in waste.
Why it matters
Cambridgeshire is one of the UK’s fastest-growing regions, but it is also seriously water stressed. Schools use significant volumes of water every day, yet most have little visibility of where it goes. Across England, an estimated 74 million litres of water are wasted in schools every day, often through hidden leaks and ageing infrastructure that can go unnoticed for weeks.
The aim of the programme is simple: find it, fix it, save it. Every participating school receives a fully funded package that includes a water efficiency survey, smart water sensors, continuous monitoring, engineering support from Aqualogic to investigate alerts and repair priority issues, training for facilities teams, and water-saving assemblies for pupils. The programme is expected to cut water use at participating sites by around 35%. For a typical secondary school, that could mean saving almost two million litres of water a year and reducing water bills by more than £8,000, while avoiding costly leak damage.
A blueprint for wider use
The ambition reaches beyond the first ten schools. By combining smart monitoring, engineering support, education and independent evaluation, the partners aim to build a proven model that schools, universities and public sector organisations can adopt across the UK. WRc will independently evaluate the programme to quantify its impact and identify where the approach can be scaled. The Entopia Building shows how the same approach can work in other complex public buildings, not just schools.
Jonathan Adler, Client Services Director at Aqualogic, said: “Projects like Sorting Water in Schools show what can be achieved when innovation, data and practical engineering are aligned to a clear purpose. The Water Efficiency Cambridgeshire Fund is playing a critical role in accelerating scalable solutions to water scarcity. We’re proud to support a programme that delivers immediate savings for schools, engages the next generation of water stewards, and provides a proven, evidence-led model for wider adoption across the UK.”
The weCB Fund is a new, 100% UK Government backed fund focused on saving water in non-household settings across Cambridgeshire. It aims to free up two to three megalitres of water a day by 2032, creating the headroom needed for new homes, businesses and jobs in a region where water scarcity is one of the main barriers to growth.
Schools in the Cambridge Water Resource Zone can register their interest in the programme through Watergate at watergate.ai/sorting-water-in-schools/apply. Places are limited. Find out more about the weCB Fund at wecbfund.co.uk.
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