2026 Winners
What a night! The 2026 Environmental Monitoring & Measurement Achievement Awards brought together the environmental monitoring and measurement community for an evening of celebration, networking and recognition across air, water and land.
Following a record-breaking year for entries, we were delighted to celebrate this year’s finalists and winners at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on 16 September.
Congratulations to all of our 2026 finalists and winners! Explore the winners below and discover the organisations, projects and people recognised at this year’s awards.
The EMMAs will be back 15 September 2027 - reserve the date in your calendar, and stay tuned for when nominations go live!
Water & Wastewater Monitoring
Best Water Quality Monitoring Project
- Winner: North Wales Rivers Trust - Lab Dŵr: Mynydd i'r Môr | Source to Sea Observatory
- Highly Commended: Environment Agency - Supporting Citizen Science
Excellence in Wastewater Monitoring & Control
- Winner: StormHarvester - A Machine Learning approach to predicting real-time sewer flow from measured level data
- Highly Commended: United Utilities - Operational Intelligence EDM Programme
Real-Time Monitoring & Control Project of the Year
- Winner: FIDO Tech - Reducing the Impact of Winter Water Main Breaks
- Highly Commended: Demeter Limited - Effective real-time monitoring to acheive significant and sustained water savings
Smart Data, Digital Twins & Analytics in Water Projects
- Winner: Environment Agency - Project Blueprint
- Highly Commended: StormHarvester - Pinpointing the source of I&I with data driven solutions: Anglian Water and StormHarvester
Land, Soil & Geoenvironmental Measurement
Best Land & Soil Investigation Project
- Winner: Manchester Metropolitan University - Dr Megson: Buried: the last witness - PCB monitoring
- Highly Commended: NatureMetrics - Soil Ecosystem Condition Index
Excellence in Contaminated Land Assessment
- Winner: Jacobs - Factory Farm Landfill Permit Surrender
- Highly Commended: RSK Geosciences - Risk-based PFAS management in residential development
Innovative Measurement Techniques in Geoenvironmental Project
- Winner: RSK Geosciences - Beyond the Peat Probe
- Highly Commended: Jacobs - Innovative Groundwater Flux Measurement and Remediation Optimisation at a complex industrial site, Northern Ireland
Best Groundwater Monitoring & Assessment Project
- Winner: Lincolnshire County Council - Project Groundwater Greater Lincolnshire
Air, Emissions & Cross-Media Monitoring
Best Air Quality Monitoring Project
- Winner: Greater London Authority - Breathe London Network
- Highly Commended: Reading Borough Council - Clean Air Living Matters: Exploring Reading
- Highly Commended: The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA): The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) air quality sensor network
Industrial Emissions Monitoring & Compliance Project
- Winner: Senseca UK - Sensor Manufacturer
Smart Data & Analytics in Air Quality Projects
- Winner: Sensyqo Ltd - Perch eco office building IAQ Monitoring
Innovation, Technology & Measurement Excellence
Innovative Sensor or Instrumental Deployment
- Winner: Cura Terrae - Northumbrian Water in partnership with the University of Sheffield, Cura Terrae Water, Minicam, Spring Innovation
- Highly Commended: Xylem Water Solutions UK Ltd - Streamline and Surfbee - An Innovative Geospatial Analytics Pipeline for River Health
Laboratory Excellence in Environmental Measurement
- Winner: Scottish Environment Protection Agency BactMetBar - Accelerating Benthic Monitoring Using DNA Metabarcoding and machine Learning
Integrated Monitoring Across Water, Land & Air
- Winner: Atlantic Salmon Trust - Project Deveron
- Highly Commended: Alconbury Brook Flood Group - Measuring Alconbury Brook
Clients, Outcomes & Impact
Client-Led Environmental Monitoring Project - sponsored by EEMC Monitors
- Winner: Central Bedfordshire Council & Hertfordshire County Council ResilienTogether: The Pix Brook Smart Catchment
- Highly Commended: Lincolnshire County Council - Project Groundwater Greater Lincolnshire
Regulatory Compliance & Assurance Project
- Winner: Environment Agency Supporting Citizen Science
- Highly Commended: AtkinsRéalis MCERTS Flow & EDM Training
Environmental Monitoring & Measurement Project of the Year
Environmental Monitoring & Measurement Project of the Year
- Winner: North Wales Rivers Trust - Lab Dwr hubs and Menai Strait Partnership Forum
- Highly Commended: JBA Consulting - ResilienTogether: The Pix Brook Smart Catchment
