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Water Abstraction: Teddington

Commons · Question 16496 · Tabled 7 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 14 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Sarah Olney

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost per megalitre of water produced over an eighty-year lifespan of Teddington Direct River Abstraction.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 14 Jul 2026

The Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) project is being developed as a scheme intended to operate intermittently, during periods of drought, rather than as a continuously operating water supply source. The actual volume of water that TDRA may prov...