A national Innovation Strategy is needed if the water industry is to tackle the three layers of innovation - culture, process and technology. This is according to Colin Kelly, director of gas and water at Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions, who says: "The UK water industry already enjoys an enviable reputation for delivering and deploying innovation. A more collaborative approach could build on this." Speaking at Future Water 2011 last month, Kelly said: "My request to water companies, the supply chain and the regulator is to come together to create a National Innovation Strategy for the water industry. By working within a more formal framework for innovation, it would be possible to remove the wasted effort and duplicity which occurs from multiple organisations working in parallel on the same problems.
展开▼
机译：如果水工业要解决创新的三个层面-文化，流程和技术，则需要制定国家创新战略。根据Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions的天然气和水主管Colin Kelly的说法，他说：“英国水行业在交付和部署创新方面已经享有令人羡慕的声誉。可以在此基础上建立更协作的方法。”凯利（Kelly）在上个月的《未来水》（Future Water 2011）发表讲话时说：“我对自来水公司，供应链和监管机构的要求是共同制定一项针对水行业的国家创新战略。这样就可以消除由于多个组织并行处理同一问题而造成的浪费精力和重复性。
展开▼
