Draft Water Resources Management Plan
Every five years we produce a Water Resources Management Plan which sets out how demand for water is balanced against the supply over the next 25-year period.
In this section you can read about our draft Water Resources Management Plan for the period 2010 to 2035.
In this section
- Statement of Response
- We published our Statement of Response in February 2009. This document explains how the feedback received from our public consultation has been considered.
- Public consultation
- Our 16-week public consultation closed in August 2008. All the feedback we received is available to view on our independently facilitated consultation website.
- Background Information
- Every five years we produce a Water Resources Management Plan which sets out how demand for water is balanced against the supply over the next 25-year period.
- Strategic Environmental Assessment
- In view of the complexity of our draft Water Resources Management Plan, we undertook a Strategic Environmental Assessment on our draft Plan.
- Water supply
- Our water supply area covers around 8,000 km² and is divided into six areas or Water Resource Zones.
- Demand for water
- Each person in our supply area uses on average 160 litres of water each day, we forecast an increase in demand for water.
- Managing demand
- To effectively manage our water supply, we try to manage demand for water.
- Documents
- The draft Water Resources Management Plan (Volumes 1-6) is available to download.
