What is WRc Portfolio?

WRc Portfolio is our collaborative research programme. It allows companies to jointly fund research focused on specific needs in the industry. Project ideas are proposed by experts within WRc, based on contact with our clients across the water and waste industries.

WRc Portfolio epitomises our unique position as innovation leaders in the water, waste and environmental industries, delivering innovation through collaboration and technical excellence.

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Sharing insight, working together and moving the industry forward

The programme delivers research focused on shared needs that relate to specific problems and issues faced by our clients on a daily basis.

These concerns can relate to operational problems, regulatory issues or preparation for future challenges. They are identified and developed through open consultation and feedback and are delivered in cooperation with client groups. Our portfolio process is dynamic and flexible, which is one of the reasons it has been running successfully for over 25 years.

The portfolio programme is special: projects can range in size from £30,000 to more than £1 million, from three months to three years in length; however, the ethos of sharing insight, working together and moving the industry forward is common throughout.

Be part of the journey

Supportive, collaborative and insightful from the start, our team of scientists, engineers and project managers accompanies you on a journey; a journey with sufficient flex in the itinerary to enable new solutions to be explored.

The solutions will, with our support, become a part of your normal business processes: reducing carbon, increasing efficiency and contributing to a more sustainable future.

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Featured WRc Portfolio research projects

Water quality in water resource planning

Water quality in water resource planning

Service reservoir volume design guidance

Service reservoir volume design guidance

Recycling coagulant sludge from water treatment

Recycling coagulant sludge from water treatment

RAPID: Pesticides risk assessment online database

RAPID: Pesticides risk assessment online database

Potential for partially corrugated stainless steel service pipes

Potential for partially corrugated stainless steel service pipes

Odour management user group

Odour management user group

Manhole rehabilitation specification to prevent infiltration

Manhole rehabilitation specification to prevent infiltration

Carbon capture in the water industry: Enhanced mineral weathering

Carbon capture in the water industry: Enhanced mineral weathering