Revised draft Water Resources Management Plan and key documents
We published our revised draft Water Resources Management Plan on 18 September 2009. This is an updated version of our draft plan originally published in May 2008, which 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 Statements of Common Ground with the Environment Agency and Ofwat; Thames Water Proofs of Evidence and Rebuttal Proofs of Evidence.
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 - Supply demand 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 April 2010)
This report has been published on 1 April 2010. It replaces the Environmental Report Addendum published in September 2009. The Addendum has been amended to redact scheme names and to update material. The specific amendments are listed on the report cover sheet.
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.
Public inquiry documents
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 wrmp@thameswater.co.uk or telephone 0118 373 8195 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 - Environment Agency
Published on 2 February 2010
In February 2010 we published our Statement of Common Ground with the Environment Agency. 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 - with the Environment Agency (3.25Mb)
Statement of Common Ground - Ofwat
Published on 18 March 2010
In March 2010 we published our Statement of Common Ground with Ofwat. This sets out issues which have been agreed by Thames Water and Ofwat and issues which are still under discussion or where agreement cannot be reached.
Statement of Common Ground - with Ofwat (0.13Mb)
Statement of Common Ground, No. 2 - with the Environment Agency
Published on 12 May 2010
Since we published our Statement of Common Ground with the Environment Agency in February 2010, we have continued discussions with the aim of agreeing as many issues as possible in advance of the public inquiry. The Statement of Common Ground, No. 2, sets out issues which have subsequently been agreed between both parties and outstanding issues where agreement has not been reached.
Statement of Common Ground, No. 2 - with the Environment Agency (1.5Mb)
Statement of Common Ground, No. 3 - with the Environment Agency
Published on 16 June 2010
The Statement of Common Ground, No. 3, has been produced to explain the background, current status and future of the Lower Thames Abstraction Scheme and the Lower Thames Control Diagram.
Statement of Common Ground, No. 3 - with the Environment Agency (0.11Mb)
Proofs of Evidence
Published on 18 May 2010
On 18 May 2010 we submitted our Proofs of Evidence for the public inquiry.
Context and Company Overview
The Current Supply Demand Balance
Options Appraisal and the Preferred Programme
21 May 2010: The Options Appraisal and the Preferred Programme Main Proof (TW3-B), published on 18 May 2010, contained formatting errors. For clarity, please note that table 3.3.ii on page 73 has been amended.
Environmental Policy
Strategic Environmental Assessment, Habitats Regulation Assessment
Rebuttal Proofs of Evidence
Published on 2 June 2010
On 2 June 2010 we submitted our Rebuttal Proofs of Evidence. These were prepared in response to matters raised in other parties' Proofs of Evidence for the public inquiry.
TWR/1 Rebuttal proof to Environment Agency (composite proof) (1.30Mb)
TWR/1A Rebuttal proof to Pauline Smith (0.03Mb)
TWR/2 Rebuttal proof to Ofwat (0.56Mb)
TWR/3 Rebuttal proof to Consumer Council for Water (0.30Mb)
TWR/4 Rebuttal proof to Vale of White Horse District Council (VoWH) (Mike Gilbert) (0.08Mb)
TWR/5 Rebuttal proof to VoWH (Rikki Therival) (0.23Mb)
TWR/6 Rebuttal proof to Countryside Council for Wales (0.05Mb)
TWR/7 Rebuttal proof to Group Against Reservoir Development (GARD) Nick Thompson (0.01Mb)
TWR/8 Rebuttal proof to GARD Chris Binnie (0.36Mb)
TWR/9 Rebuttal proof to GARD John Lawson (1.63Mb)
TWR/10 Rebuttal proof to GARD Mervyn Dobson (0.64Mb)
TWR/10B Rebuttal proof to GARD Mervyn Dobson (0.02Mb)
TWR/11 Rebuttal proof to Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) (Graham Warren) (0.04Mb)
TWR/12 Rebuttal proof to CPRE (George Lambrick) (0.13Mb)
TWR/13 Rebuttal proof to CPRE (Bruce Tremayne) (0.04Mb)
TWR/14 Rebuttal proof to Action for the River Kennet (0.55Mb)
TWR/15 Rebuttal proof to Cotswold Canal Trust (0.04Mb)
TWR/16 Rebuttal proof to Drayton Parish Council (0.02Mb)
TWR/17 Rebuttal proof to East Hanney Parish Council (0.02Mb)
TWR/18 Rebuttal proof to Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (0.05Mb)
TWR/19 Rebuttal proof to White Water Valley Preservation Society (0.02Mb)
TWR/20 Rebuttal proof to Mr Barry Rydz (0.02Mb)
TWR/21 Rebuttal proof to Mr Robert Tyrell (1.24Mb)
TWR/22 Dr Christine McCulloch (0.03Mb)
TWR/23 Rebuttal proof to Mr Wren Wooster (0.03Mb)
TWR/24 Rebuttal proof to Mr Gervase Duffield (0.03Mb)
TWR/25 Rebuttal proof to Mr Iain Brown (0.03Mb)
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