Revised draft Water Resources Management Plan and key documents
Our revised draft Water Resources Management Plan was published on 18 September 2009.
This is an updated version of our draft plan originally published in May 2008. The revised draft plan takes into account the views of our stakeholders, as set out in our Statement of Response.The revised draft plan is available to download below, as well as other key public inquiry documents including our Statement of Common Ground.
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Public inquiry
Statement of Case
Published 23 February 2010
On 23 February 2010 we submitted our Statement of Case to Defra, outlining the case we will present at the public inquiry to support our plan. As well as demonstrating how we will deal with the issues highlighted by Defra, the document also addresses stakeholder comments submitted to Defra during an additional six-week consultation which closed in January 2010.
The Statement includes a list of supporting documents which we intend to refer to at the inquiry. Stakeholders can make appointments to view these documents at our offices in Reading or London. To arrange an appointment, please contact lesley.tait@thameswater.co.uk or telephone 0118 373 9057 during office hours.
This Statement of Case was published on 25 February 2010. It replaces the Statement of Case we published on 23 February 2010. The minor amendments to the Statement were requested by Defra.
Statement of Common Ground
Published in February 2010
In February 2010 we submitted our Statement of Common Ground to Defra. This document sets out the issues raised by Defra in calling for the inquiry and additional issues raised by the Environment Agency. It sets out issues which have been agreed by Thames Water and the Environment Agency and issues which are still under discussion or where agreement cannot be reached.
Statement of Common Ground (3.25Mb)
Revised Draft Water Resources Management Plan
Published in September 2009
Volume 1 - Summary Overview (0.36Mb)
Volume 2 - Main Report (6.7Mb)
Volume 3 - Appendices - Table of contents and Appendices A to E (6.12Mb)
Volume 3 - Appendices - F to N (4.17Mb)
Volume 4 - Tables
Guildford dry year forecast (0.09Mb)
Guildford peak week forecast (0.08Mb)
Henley dry year forecast (0.09Mb)
Henley peak week forecast (0.08Mb)
Kennet Valley dry year forecast (0.09Mb)
Kennet Valley peak week forecast (0.09Mb)
London dry year forecast (0.13Mb)
Slough, Wycombe, Aylesbury dry year forecast (0.09Mb)
Slough, Wycombe, Aylesbury peak week forecast (0.09Mb)
Swindon, Oxfordshire dry year forecast (0.10Mb)
Swindon, Oxfordshire peak week forecast (0.09Mb)
Volume 5 - Best Practice Environmental Programme assessments
Executive summary and introduction (0.61Mb)
Multi-zone supply-side schemes (3.3Mb)
London supply-side schemes (9.7Mb)
Swindon, Oxfordshire supply-side schemes (9.1Mb)
Kennet Valley, Slough, Wycombe, Aylesbury, Guildford, Henley supply-side schemes (8.2Mb)
Demand management schemes (2.44Mb)
Summary and references (0.97Mb)
Volume 6 - Strategic Environmental Assessment
Published in May 2008
Environmental Report Addendum (1.85Mb) (published September 2009)
Statement of Response
Published in February 2009
Appendix 3 - Schedule of Representations (1Mb)
Supporting documentation
In May 2009 we published sections of our Business Plan related to water resources (Sections B5 and C4) to support our revised draft Water Resources Management Plan. The documents below have been reviewed and re-formatted, and as a result, some information has been removed due to commercial confidentiality.
Revised documents: Published 18 January 2010
Part B5 Maintaining the Supply / Demand Balance (1.8Mb)
Part C4 Supply / Demand Appraisal (1.8Mb)
Draft Water Resources Management Plan
Published in May 2008
Our draft Water Resources Management Plan was published in May 2008 for public consultation. This has now been updated and the revised draft plan was published in September 2009. If you would like to request copies of the draft plan, please email consultations@thameswater.co.uk.
