With the consent of Council, Councillor Fox-Davies moved an alteration to his motion at the suggestion of Councillor Bob Johnston as shown in strikethrough below:
The Thames Water Draft Resources Management Plan (dWRMP19), consultation was opened on the 8th. February and closed on the 29th April. The plan proposes a new reservoir near Abingdon to serve the forecast needs of not only the Thames Water area, but also the wider South East.
The consultation response from OCC looks for clarification on:-
• the population forecast figures;
• how much water will be sold to other water companies
how Thames Water will speed up their programme of leakage reduction
This Council supports the position of- GARD in response to the plan which asks Thames Water to:-
• Reduce leakage by half by 2050
• Improve water-use efficiency to match the norms of other companies
• Provide a proper analysis of
water available through other measures, including Teddington DRA;
Severn Trent water transfer and water re-use.
Which together should together solve the water shortage issue and provide a 1 in 200 severity drought resilience.
And calls on the Leader of the Council to write to Thames Water, Defra, the Environment Agency and Ofwat, requesting that a second consultation be undertaken due to incomplete information or errors on the information used to base their recommendations."
The motion as amended was carried unanimously.