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River Thames: Reservoirs

Commons · Question 8844 · Tabled 14 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 22 Oct 2024

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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 the average (a) daily and (b) monthly percentage of (i) usable and (ii) deployable capacity in each of the (A) Lower Lee Group

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Answered by Emma Hardy, 22 Oct 2024

The Environment Agency (EA) does not model how resilient water company owned supply systems are to drought. It is the responsibility of the water companies to ensure that their systems can deliver secure water supplies for customers whilst ensuring they m...