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Where will England’s next reservoirs be?
After a 35-year break from building major reservoirs, eight are planned for the coming 25 years across England as part of plans to make drier areas more resilient to the changing climate and growing population. Utility Week examines water resource management plans for details of where these will be and when they are likely to come online.
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Balancing the needs for water resources
With summer 2022 focusing the public’s minds on climate change and extreme weather patterns in a way previous warnings have perhaps failed to resonate, water companies are increasingly evaluating supply resilience. Binnies water utilities director and All Reservoirs Panel Engineer, Rachel Pether, explores how companies must navigate the changing landscape of drought, PR24 guidance, and environmental concerns, including carbon implications of substantial new supply infrastructure.
Anglian unveils sites for bathing and reservoir
Anglian has unveiled plans to increase water quality monitoring at three bathing sites to support applications for designated status by local wild swimming groups. Elsewhere it has unveiled plans for a new reservoir in the Cambridge Fens that features a swimming area and space to house renewable energy generation.
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RAPID approves four resilience schemes
The Regulators' Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID) has given the green light for four major infrastructure projects to advance to the next checkpoint to enhance water supply options in the south of England. The projects include converting a quarry to a reservoir and expanding an existing reservoir.
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First planning permission granted for Havant Thicket
Planning permission has been granted by Havant Borough Council for the construction of the first reservoir to be built in the UK since 1989. Portsmouth Water will supply neighbouring Southern with up to 21 million litres a day to ease supply issues in Southern's western region where it must reduce abstraction from chalk streams
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Havant Thicket: The future of water resource planning
Portsmouth and Southern will publicly sign their bulk supply agreement today, marking an historic milestone for both companies. Chief executive Bob Taylor talks to Utility Week about how Havant Thicket exemplifies the water-only company's growing role in regional water resource planning.
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Portsmouth launches biodiversity fund
Portsmouth has launched a fund for enhancing biodiversity at its operational sites following customer feedback that prioritised the environment
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Preliminary work underway at Havant Thicket
Excavations and underground investigations are under way at the site earmarked by Portsmouth Water for Havant Thicket Reservoir ahead of planning permission being applied for in September
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Portsmouth launches reservoir consultation
Portsmouth Water has launched a consultation on its reservoir in Havant Thicket that will ease neighbouring Southern's supply deficit and protect the region's chalk streams from abstraction
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Coronavirus forces reservoirs and water parks to close
With social distancing measures in place across the UK, popular outdoor spaces owned by water companies have been forced to close to discourage people from congregating. Water firms have also issued fresh assurances to those struggling to pay their bills as a result of coronavirus.
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