The bigger picture - regional plan

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Working alongside five other water companies in an alliance called Water Resources South East (WRSE), we developed our 50-year water resources plan as part of a wider one for South East England.

The regional plan considers the future water needs and challenges of the whole area and the climate and environmental emergency facing our water environment.

Planning as a region is an important change and has identified the best value set of options to deliver the most benefit to people and the environment.

It also considers the water needed by other sectors, such as farmers and energy suppliers.

It uses new, advanced modelling and forecasting techniques which means different options were available than if we’d developed a plan on our own.

Water supplies are now much more likely to be shared across the South East in a wider network.

In turn, the South East plan is one of five regional plans which together create a joined-up national solution to meet the whole country’s future water needs, as set out in the Environment Agency’s National Framework for Water Resources in 2020.

The WRSE regional plan was open for consultation alongside our plan between November 2022 and February 2023. To find out more visit wrse.org.uk.

Working alongside five other water companies in an alliance called Water Resources South East (WRSE), we developed our 50-year water resources plan as part of a wider one for South East England.

The regional plan considers the future water needs and challenges of the whole area and the climate and environmental emergency facing our water environment.

Planning as a region is an important change and has identified the best value set of options to deliver the most benefit to people and the environment.

It also considers the water needed by other sectors, such as farmers and energy suppliers.

It uses new, advanced modelling and forecasting techniques which means different options were available than if we’d developed a plan on our own.

Water supplies are now much more likely to be shared across the South East in a wider network.

In turn, the South East plan is one of five regional plans which together create a joined-up national solution to meet the whole country’s future water needs, as set out in the Environment Agency’s National Framework for Water Resources in 2020.

The WRSE regional plan was open for consultation alongside our plan between November 2022 and February 2023. To find out more visit wrse.org.uk.

Page last updated: 21 Feb 2023, 08:00 AM