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River Thames: Reading

Commons · Question 8843 · Tabled 14 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 22 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Sarah Olney

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the Environment Agency’s modelling of average (a) daily and (b) monthly volumetric river flow rates for each gauging station on the Thames from Reading to Kingston f

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 22 Oct 2024

The Environment Agency (EA) does not model flow at gauging stations using drought event return periods. The modelling of flow under a range of climate scenarios is carried out as part of planning by water companies to assess how resilient their supply sys...