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Water Abstraction: Teddington

Commons · Question 26076 · Tabled 1 Sep 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 7 Sep 2026

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Asked by Sarah Olney

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer provided on 14th July 2026, to Question 16496, on Water Abstraction: (a) what determination she made of the flow rate, measured at the Kingston gauge, that would

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 7 Sep 2026

The proposed Teddington Direct River Abstraction is an intermittent drought resilience scheme triggered by river flow and reservoir storage conditions through the Lower Thames Control Diagram and does not have a single flow-rate trigger at the Kingston ga...