# Water Research Centre Limited — UK public sector contract awards > A prime supplier profile built from sourced government contract award notices. ## Key facts - Awards: 27 - Known award value: £1,794,925 - First award: 15 August 2018 - Latest award: 16 February 2026 ## Top public sector buyers - [Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs](/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/contract-awards) — 9 awards - [Environment Agency](/buyers/environment-agency/contract-awards) — 6 awards - Defra Network eTendering Portal — 5 awards - [Defra](/buyers/defra/contract-awards) — 4 awards - EA — 2 awards ## Contract awards ### [RDE1024 - MWELS Savings - Forecasting Water Efficiency Savings for Water Resoure](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-37e3b496-04b6-4114-8ef4-9206361d8c84) Environment Agency · £32,968 · 16 February 2026 · awarded ### [RDE972 - Establishing the limitations of design: Water efficiency](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9c2aef76-d63e-4d34-a499-cb3d5ef434d0) Environment Agency · £49,990 · 17 December 2025 · awarded ### [RDE787 - A review of microbial indicators of faecal contamination](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-905f3d8b-3d6d-4c2a-9b8a-60bb7ad5ccaf) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · £55,067 · 28 April 2025 · awarded ### [PROC 016-2025 - Corporate Engineering Consultants for CMA PR24 Water Redetermination References](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7223ed2d-541c-4d4d-933e-c11d318005a3) COMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY · £13,900 · 28 March 2025 · awarded ### [RDE677 Mandatory Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme - Rapid Evidence Assessment](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ff07506b-30db-4a38-92bd-ace3130eb081) Environment Agency · £31,365 · 10 October 2024 · awarded ### [RDE765 Resilience and Sufficiency for Public Water Supply](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-95843fea-e5ba-4a82-9dcd-e8a365473bee) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · £42,841 · 5 February 2025 · awarded ### [RDE733 Water Demand Coordination Centre Rapid Evidence Review](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-1d2c5be9-64f9-4098-97b3-fac7015c8811) Environment Agency · £15,355 · 10 January 2025 · awarded ### [RDE716 - Low Phosphate PSTP QSR Quick Scoping Review](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-fa757b71-8207-4e88-b078-e4979010a1db) Environment Agency · £24,839 · 11 November 2024 · awarded ### [RDE672 Disinfection technology and alternative disinfection for commercial water](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e24aeda8-4060-421c-b2a5-81926985c1b8) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · £57,976 · 12 November 2024 · awarded ### [RDE649 The use and impact of on-site food waste treatment technologies](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-123cf48e-6353-4f2c-a4ad-83acc92a3313) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · £109,364 · 5 September 2024 · awarded ### [RDE600 Abstraction Metering Good Practice Manual Update Project](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ae585081-b8f9-4c26-9967-d7f8cd086517) Environment Agency · £25,710 · 9 August 2024 · awarded ### [RDE603 Impact and Future of the Private Water Supplies Regulatory Model](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-66178090-299d-4874-8703-97a8f39c2473) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · £8,226 · 16 July 2024 · awarded ### [RDE 445 - Mandatory Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3a4e9755-337d-4b4b-8288-da5521618103) EA · £68,577 · 15 March 2024 · awarded ### [RDE 504 Rapid Evidence Assessment on Water Efficiency Retrofits](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2bb5e6b8-9291-4f30-9cf9-48cf83c1bf3c) Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · £74,425 · 29 January 2024 · awarded ### [Persistent Organic Pollutants in Construction and Demolition Waste](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-31042b9a-7daa-4c3f-a003-b9dd4aafebc9) DEFRA · £298,878 · 27 November 2023 · awarded ### [RDE 487 - Rapid Evidence Assessment on Water Reuse](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e68764d7-63c9-4cf7-9aee-825639fc6b85) DEFRA · £69,058 · 16 January 2024 · awarded ### [Persistent Organic Pollutants in Institutional Mattresses Project](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-bbe5af2a-767a-437f-aed6-d0dd9d654036) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · £77,141 · 30 October 2023 · awarded ### [RDE 403 - Environmental Capacity for Industrial Clusters Phase 3](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-81fe13d4-7535-432a-8409-5332507ff84f) EA · £79,961 · 7 November 2023 · awarded ### [Investigation into the Efficiency of the Current Municipal Waste Incineration](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-919dd154-216c-4157-b23e-482d48a495e1) DEFRA · £145,432 · 30 June 2023 · awarded ### [RDE167 impact of Private Water Supplies Regulatory Model/Legislative framework](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5795d99f-7aa6-466e-a5ba-2130490a1400) DEFRA · £50,000 · 3 June 2023 · awarded ### [PFAS Emissions - Paper Mills](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-175d6729-0525-4d0d-927a-e5bab42edbbb) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · £92,549 · 30 September 2022 · awarded ### [Award of contract for Scientific research comparing the impact of plastics in wet wipes with plastic-free alternatives](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-88de8371-bc28-4a4f-8230-21118d19497d) Defra Network eTendering Portal · £24,855 · 12 July 2022 · awarded ### [Persistent Organic Pollutants in Separated WEEE Plastics](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-bd7890c5-7b36-4d34-a6ce-09a0ee83ba59) Defra Network eTendering Portal · £88,151 · 24 September 2021 · awarded ### [Environment Agency: Water Quality Statistics - development and delivery of training](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e232a2ce-287d-4931-b1ae-ff4f2b42e147) DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS · £41,084 · 3 December 2020 · awarded ### [Persistent Organic Pollutants in Soft Furnishing Waste Streams Study](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-2c10f86c-8976-4b51-8002-2f215eedd576) Defra Network eTendering Portal · £73,000 · 25 September 2020 · awarded Page 1 of 2; 27 total records.