A National Bioresources Strategy for England

The UK Water Industry is now at a critical juncture regarding which strategic direction to adopt, considering the cumulative impact of emerging contaminants, stricter nutrient management in agriculture, key sustainability challenges (e.g., Net Zero Carbon target ambitions), market challenge, supply chain resilience and the potential for opportunities around improved environmental outcomes. The adaptive strategy and accompanying roadmap developed through the project is being utilised by WaterUK and the individual Water Companies to develop their individual Bioresources strategies and investment portfolios. The key outcomes were defined to maintain momentum, stimulate the market, enhance regulator knowledge and confidence, engage the global market to share and gather insight in order to mitigate barriers and drive pace of change required to enable high potential strategic pathways, for example biorefineries and advanced thermal conversion pathways.