South East Water.has published it Water Resources Management plan setting out a £2.3 billion package of work to secure future drinking water supplies in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire for the next 50 years.

Thames Water has submitted a revised draft Water Resource Management Plan which sets out its strategy to provide a secure and sustainable water supply for the next 50 years.

Plans for the future of water supplies in the South East, including a giant reservoir between Abingdon, Steventon and East Hanney, have been strongly criticised by Vale of White Horse District Council.

Ofwat says that emerging Water Resources Management Plans plans being developed by five regional groups are proposing a step change in investment and that they should therefore “think carefully about the deliverability of the plans” from a practical perspective, including current supply chain constraints and affordability concerns.

Five regional water resource groups have published their Emerging Regional Water Resource Plans plans setting out how they propose to address a predicted water deficit for England of 3,435 million litres per day (Ml/d) megalitres by 2050.

The scale of the future water security challenge facing the South East has been unveiled with the publication of the first ever regional water resources plan for the region.

Thames Water has published a Periodic indicative Notice (PIN) encouraging third parties to submit proposals for solutions covering water resources, demand management or leakage services for consideration in the Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP24) process.

Water Resources South East (WRSE) has published its response to its recent consultation on its proposals for developing a regional water resources plan.

Ofwat is seeking clarification on aspects of WRSE’s proposed resilience framework as part of WRSE’s work to progress a regional water resources plan for the south east.

The deadline to submit comment on the report published by Water Resources South East (WRSE) forecasting future water resource requirements for South East England closes on Friday 17th April this week.