Judges

Our independent judging panel brings together senior leaders and experts from across the water, flood resilience and infrastructure sectors, including representatives from water companies, Lead Local Flood Authorities and other key industry organisations.

Drawing on their extensive knowledge and experience, our judges carefully review each entry against a robust set of criteria to identify and recognise the projects, teams and individuals delivering outstanding work across the industry.

Our 2027 judge panel includes:

Judging process

The NCE Water and Floods awards judges represent leading water companies and organisations in the water and floods sector who review entries to determine the shortlist and in the second stage select the winners for that category.

Each stage is designed to provide a fair and transparent process. Please note, that all categories other than those stated below will be judged on your written entry alone, so make sure you include as much supporting evidence as possible and make it clear in your entry why you should win.

Stage 1: Online Judging – once the entry phase closes, the judges will review online and score each submission to determine the shortlist.

Stage 2: Roundtable judging– successfully shortlisted entrants will be reviewed by the judges together to finalise the winner. You entry will be judged on your written submission and supporting evidence alone so do include as much information as possible.