--- title: NWG Innovation Festival 2025 - Crowder Consulting description: Crowder Consulting joined the NWG Innovation Festival to explore AI, wearables, and data-driven solutions shaping the future of water management. image: https://www.crowderconsult.com/hubfs/image%20%284%29-1.jpg --- [![Crowder Consulting Logo](https://www.crowderconsult.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Crowder%20Consulting%20Logo.png?width=253&height=226&name=Crowder%20Consulting%20Logo.png "Crowder Consulting Logo")](https://www.crowderconsult.com/) - [0151 647 7772](tel:0151%20647%207772) - [enquiries@crowderconsult.co.uk](mailto:enquiries@crowderconsult.co.uk) - About - [Mission & Vision](https://www.crowderconsult.com/mission-vision) - [Management Team](https://www.crowderconsult.com/management-team) - [Contact Us](https://www.crowderconsult.com/contact-us) - [Blog & News](https://www.crowderconsult.com/blog) - [Testimonials](https://www.crowderconsult.com/testimonials) - [Careers](https://www.crowderconsult.com/careers) - [Case Studies](https://www.crowderconsult.com/case-studies) - Netbase & Digital Services - [Netbase Water Network Management System](https://www.crowderconsult.com/netbase-water-network-management-system) - [Netbase Digital Services Platform](https://www.crowderconsult.com/netbase-digital-services-platform) - [NetOps - Smart Water Network Application](https://www.crowderconsult.com/netops-smart-water-network-application) - [NetAlytics - Smart Advanced Water Network Analytics](https://www.crowderconsult.com/netalytics-smart-advanced-water-network-analytics) - [View All Services](https://www.crowderconsult.com/netbase-digital-services-solutions) - Consultancy - [Leakage Management in District Areas (DMAs)](https://www.crowderconsult.com/leakage-management-in-district-areas) - [Non Revenue Water Reduction Programmes](https://www.crowderconsult.com/non-revenue-water-reduction-programmes) - [Upstream Water Network / Trunk Mains](https://www.crowderconsult.com/upstream-water-network) - [Hydraulic Modelling of water networks](https://www.crowderconsult.com/hydraulic-modelling-of-water-networks) - [Pressure Reduction & Optimisation](https://www.crowderconsult.com/pressure-reduction-and-optimisation) - [Specialist network studies and analyses](https://www.crowderconsult.com/specialist-network-studies-and-analyses) - [View All Services](https://www.crowderconsult.com/consultancy-services) - Data & Data Science - [Tactical Smart Meter Data Solutions](https://www.crowderconsult.com/tactical-smart-meter-data-solutions) - [Connecting to Corporate & Cloud Systems Data](https://www.crowderconsult.com/connecting-to-corporate-and-cloud-systems-data) - [Data validation and visualisation](https://www.crowderconsult.com/data-validation-and-visualisation) - [View All Services](https://www.crowderconsult.com/data-science-services) - Field/Leakage - [Leakage Detection](https://www.crowderconsult.com/leakage-detection) - [Trunk mains investigations and leakage surveys](https://www.crowderconsult.com/trunk-mains-investigations-and-leakage-surveys) - [Hydraulic Modelling Field Tests](https://www.crowderconsult.com/hydraulic-modelling-field-tests) - [DMA Sectorisation](https://www.crowderconsult.com/dma-sectorisation) - [Meter Verification Surveys](https://www.crowderconsult.com/meter-verification-surveys) - [Water Efficiency initiatives](https://www.crowderconsult.com/water-efficiency-initiatives) - [View All Services](https://www.crowderconsult.com/field-leakage-services) - Training - [Water Network Management](https://www.crowderconsult.com/water-network-management) - [Production Planning](https://www.crowderconsult.com/production-planning) - [Leak Detection](https://www.crowderconsult.com/leak-detection) - [Netbase](https://www.crowderconsult.com/netbase) - [National Water Hygiene Card & SHEA Water](https://www.crowderconsult.com/national-water-hygiene-card-shea-water) - [NetOps Training](https://www.crowderconsult.com/netops-training) - [View All Services](https://www.crowderconsult.com/training) # NWG Innovation Festival 2025 17 July 2025 This week, several members of our team had the pleasure of attending the NWG **Innovation Festival** - an exciting event that brings together industry leaders, technical experts, and creative thinkers. More than just informative, the festival offers a dynamic environment where collaboration sparks practical and forward-thinking solutions to some of the water industry’s real-world challenges. [**Phil Crilly**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-crilly-61042485/) participated in the [Siemens](https://www.linkedin.com/company/siemens/) **sprint: “Teaching Water to Talk,”** which focused on how AI can be leveraged to integrate data from sources such as leakage reports, consumption trends, asset condition monitoring, and water quality. The goal was to improve how this information is captured and interpreted, enabling faster, smarter decisions in response to changes across the water network. [**Ed Rutson**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-rutson-40226121b/) and [**Tico Kromkamp**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tico-kromkamp-6a1987ba/) attended [Qualitest’s](https://www.linkedin.com/company/qualitest/posts/?feedView=all)**sprint: “See It, Say It, Scan It, Send It,”** which explored the emerging role of wearable technology, like Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, in transforming how field data is collected. The team examined how wearables could be used to streamline the capturing of data, increasing accuracy, reducing manual effort, and offer live remote support for fieldworkers, to truly understand where this could be applied in the water sector. The NWG Innovation Festival is always a highlight in our calendar. It blends innovation with a fun and informal atmosphere that encourages big ideas and bold experimentation. 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