Water company bosses update National Drought Group on resilience
Summary
The Environment Agency reports that water company chief executives have updated the National Drought Group on measures being taken to protect public supplies during severe drought conditions in parts of England. Actions include daily monitoring of reservoir and river levels, reduced overnight water pressure where appropriate, accelerated leak detection, and transferring water within networks to support low reservoirs.
Why it matters
Drought conditions can affect water availability, pressure and resilience for occupied homes, new developments and sites under survey. Surveyors may also need to consider local water stress when advising on property risk, services, and wider environmental resilience.
Key points
- Severe drought has been declared in parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, East Sussex and West Sussex.
- Water companies are reducing pressure overnight in some areas and increasing leak detection efforts.
- Daily monitoring of reservoir and river levels has been instructed by government.
- The Environment Agency says drought plans must be turned into timely action.
- Public supplies are said to remain uninterrupted at present.
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