Water Resources

We’re committed to delivering reliable and resilient water supplies to three million households and 200,000 businesses in the North West. Our Water Resources Management Plan defines our strategy to achieve a long-term, best-value and sustainable plan for water supplies in the North West. Alongside this we have our Drought Plan, which sets out the actions that we would take in a drought.

Drought Plan

Droughts are natural events caused by a serious lack of rain over several months. Our Drought Plan sets out the actions we will take to protect water supplies should a drought occur.

Drought plans are updated every five years and our latest Drought Plan (2022) can be found at our website here

WRMP

Our Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP) defines our strategy to achieve a long-term, best value and sustainable plan for water supplies in the North West. It ensures that we have an adequate supply to meet demand over the 25 years from 2020 to 2045, whilst ensuring that our supply system is resilient to drought and other hazards.

You can read our current WRMP on our website.

We have just finished consulting on our draft WRMP24, which plans for an adequate supply to meet demand from 2025 to 2085, and a supply system that is resilient to drought. 

More information, and ways to get involved, can be found on our website here.

 

Water Resources West

One of today’s biggest challenges is tomorrow’s water. We’re working together to make a plan.

Water Resources West is a group of abstractors, their representatives and their regulators. We are working together to ensure the sustainability of water resources, considering wider societal needs, environmental improvements and working across sectors.

Click here to find out more!

 

Updates

Drought Plan 2022 Consultation Response

Drought Plan 2022 Consultation Response

An update on our response to the Drought Plan 2022 consultation period, with links to our revised draft plan and amended HRA, SEA and technical appendices.

Continue the discussion

Over the next few months we will be engaging with stakeholders across the North West. Go to our Discussion Forum to share your thoughts and ideas

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