Policy paper

Water resources planning: managing supply and demand

This document explains how water companies make sure they can provide a secure supply of water to homes and businesses in their area.

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Applies to England and Wales

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Details

Water companies write water resource management plans every 5 years. This document explains how water companies:

  • forecast supply and demand in their area
  • plan to deliver secure public water supplies

Updates to this page

Published 26 January 2017
Last updated 23 February 2017 + show all updates
  1. Removed line that asks water companies to look at all demand options before considering new supplies as this is not accurate.

  2. First published.

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