ALC Awards : Shortlist Announced

SUEZ is delighted to be one of the sponsors of the inaugural ALC Awards. The judging panel have completed their deliberations and we have our shortlist for each of the Award categories. To find out more about these awards go to www.leakageconference.co.uk/awards.

The organisers and the judges, including Jason Griffin from SUEZ, were very impressed by everyone who submitted entries for this year – there was a wide range of projects and the standard was extremely high. Huge congratulations to all our shortlisted entries!

We are looking forward to the announcement of the winners at the 27th Annual Leakage Conference Dinner on Monday 9th November 2026.

Sponsored by Suez

• Adam Roberts, Callum Boulter, Anglian Water: Collaboration Leads to Smooth Resolution
• Anastasia Cottrell, AtkinsRéalis: Shadow Flow - Hidden Water Loss and Business Demand Across Brownfield Development Sites
• Andy Bayliss, Damien Cox, Shaun Ashman, Anglian Water: Uncovering Seasonal Night Flow Demand
• Ben Fryers, Damien Cox, Shaun Ashman, Anglian Water: Innovative Thinking leads to a major find
• Ryan Thomas, Aqualogic: The key to success is to trust the process

Sponsored by Trow Consulting

• Craig Edwards, Aqualogic: Seeing is not always believing
• Francisco Piedade, Crowder Consulting: A Flow Monitoring Zone: Resolving a Major Water Balance Discrepancy
• Jake Brackley, Jordan Easterbrook, Anglian Water: POI 33197: Tracing a Leak the Map Couldn't Find
• Jim Mead, Mandi Fairweather, Anglian Water: The Trunk Main Leak That Didn’t Trigger Alarm
• Reid Baldwin, P N Daly Limited: Demonstrated Success in Leakage Reduction Through Data Assessment and Validation

Sponsored by Hydrosave

• Alex Conway, Crowder Consulting: A Reservoir DMA: Investigating Leakage in Challenging Circumstances
• Alice Barnsdale, Charlie Smith, Katharina Hein, Negar Tavasoli, Yuki Ho, Origin Tech Ltd: Identification of a Significant Mains Leak Using Origin Orbit® Satellite Leak Detection
• Andy Quail, Michael Keyes, Nathan Bullimore, Nathan Chotak, Scott Par ker, Sean Currie, Severn Trent: 9inch Burst Main Little Higham, Derbyshire7
• Campbell Stewart, Jack Freeman, Tom Sheppard, WLLS Ltd: Ardley Trunk Main Thames Water
• James Ellis-Lambert, Yorkshire Water: City Centre Leak - Finding a leak beneath the noise

To find out more about these awards go to www.leakageconference.co.uk/awards.

To find out more about the conference go to: https://www.leakageconference.co.uk/.