Water Supply: Desalination
Commons · Question 24444 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Steve Yemm
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the role that desalination plants may need to play in ensuring the long-term resilience and security of public water supplies in England; and whether sh
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 8 Sep 2026
Water companies set out how they plan to continue to supply water to their customers through statutory Water Resources Management Plans (WRMPs). Within their plans, water companies must consider all options, including demand management and new water resou...