Plan, optimise, and prioritise water infrastructure investment.
Optioneer helps water companies move from strategic planning to preferred pipeline alignment — whether for mains replacement, trunk mains, strategic transfers, or network reinforcement.

committed to AMP8 investment (2025–2030)
supply-side options in WRMP 24
of strategic water infrastructure assessed with Optioneer
Platform highlights
Explore some core Water Network features of Optioneer. Visit our Platform page for a full, comprehensive overview of Optioneer’s capabilities.

built-in spatial datasets
route confidence in under an hour
routing confidence within weeks
From data to 80% confidence in 1 hour
Strategic network planning and investment prioritisation.
Evaluate reinforcement needs, mains replacement programmes, and growth-driven network extensions across a service area. Rank and sequence investment at a portfolio level—supporting both project-by-project analysis and holistic regional planning.
From identification to delivery
Strategic Resource Options (SROs) and Transfers.
From concept to construction delivery. Evaluate complex, large-scale water transfer sites and routes—including new reservoirs, desalination connections, and inter-company transfers—Optioneer provides a consistent digital thread from day one.
Phase 1: Conceptual Screening (SRO Selection)
At the earliest stages of the Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP), identify which options are truly viable before they are locked into long-term plans.
Phase 2: Delivery & implementation
As a scheme moves into the Business Plan or Price Review (PR) phase, facilitate the transition from a strategic idea to a physical project.
Supporting complex infrastructure
Mains replacement and rehabilitation planning.
Evaluate and prioritise mains renewal programmes by layering existing network vulnerability data—such as leak frequency and pipe criticality—against real-world spatial constraints. Shift from simply identifying "where the leaks are" to understanding the difficulty and complexity of the intervention.

Storm Overflow and CSO Infrastructure.
Plan and evaluate interventions to meet strict discharge reduction targets. Optioneer provides a centralised workspace to explore thousands of solution pathways including storage tanks, sewer separation, and nature-based solutions. Moving you from concept to a constructible project brief.
earmarked for storm overflows
overflow ‘spills per year’ goal by 2025
reduction milestone opportunities
Accelerate AMP8 investment
Development for water networks.
Optioneer helps water network development teams move from constraints to a preferred, permit-ready pipeline route—using built-in datasets to map risk, compare options (TOTEX and impact), and produce auditable evidence aligned to regulatory requirements.

Constraint & risk mapping
97% of data already in the platform from 14,000+ datasets. Water-specific layers include source protection zones, aquifer boundaries, contaminated land registers, flood zone mapping, existing water and sewer infrastructure, and land parcels.
Comprehensive database with key requirements from key statutory stakeholders. Includes National Polygon Service data and Continuum Industries’ BNG biodiversity baseline dataset.
Pipeline routing and alignment
Route mains, trunk mains, and transfer pipelines against constraints. Design for construction, customer continuity, and regulatory compliance.
Southern Water used Optioneer for strategic trunk main planning. Vitens (Netherlands) used Optioneer for pipeline route optimisation.
Open-cut vs trenchless construction — HDD, pipe bursting, slip-lining
Crossing identification — roads, railways, waterways, existing utilities
Siting — Valve, PRV, and pumping station siting
Class optimisation — Pipe diameter and pressure class optimisation
Assessments — Existing easement and RoW assessment





Multi-criteria option selection
Compare routes on engineering, environmental, cost, and customer impact. Weighted ranking aligned with internal governance and regulatory expectations.
- Weighted ranking across engineering, environmental, cost, and customer impact
- TOTEX comparison (CAPEX + whole-life OPEX)
- Leakage reduction benefit per metre of replacement
- Supply resilience and redundancy scoring
- Custom metrics aligned with Ofwat ODIs or internal governance
Environmental & permitting support
Build the evidence base for environmental screening and permitting. Comparative risk profiles support regulatory defensibility and faster approvals.
Optioneer supports WFD compliance, EA abstraction licences, Natural England consultation, and DCO evidence for nationally significant water schemes.
Comparative environmental risk profiles — across route options, with ability to focus on key risky crossings or open cut sections, or decisions to go trenchless to minimise impacts
EIA screening and scoping support — constraint maps, designated area summaries, impact tables.
Biodiversity assessment — using BNG baseline
Complete audit trail — for regulatory defensibility
Regulation ready design
Optioneer is built to meet the world’s most stringent water and infrastructure standards, ensuring every project is auditable, compliant, and ready for funding.
Discuss your project with us.
Learn how Optioneer can accelerate your water infrastructure programme.

Sectors
Optioneer is designed for utilities and developers in the energy and water industry. Whether you are improving existing networks or developing new, Optioneer is equipped for overhead, underground and subsea transmission, hydrogen and CO2 pipelines.
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