Government Two major reservoirs have intervened in plans East anglia And LincolnshireAmid growing concerns over the UK Water supply,
Environment secretary Steve reed These projects have been nominated as “national levels”, which has shifted the rights to the central government from local planning.
This decision tries to accelerate the creation of these ReservoirsFirst in three decades, to increase water resources for more than 750,000 homes EnglandWaterfall areas and new housing are facilitated.
The government has planned to enact a law that major reservoirs will be automatically nominated as “national levels” so that their construction and future water supply can be secured.
Officials warned that without new reservoirs, Population growthThe demand for drinking water from the infrastructure of aging and climate change may exceed the supply of the 2030s. Lack of water supply is also disrupting the construction of thousands of houses in areas such as Cambridge.
The two reservoirs that have been nominated as important at the national level are being proposed Anglian WaterWhich wants to construct Lincolnshire reservoir to the south of Sleeford and partnership with Cambridge Water for Fenses reservoir between Chetris and March in Cambrisshire.
Under the schemes, Lincolnshire reservoir, which will provide up to 166 million liters a day up to 500,000 houses, will be completed by 2040 and the fence reservoir will supply 250,000 houses a day in a day in the most dried area of Britain, completion by 2036.
The government said that both projects will now progress in the counseling phase, collect ideas from communities and stakeholders.
Water companies The entire England have committed to bring nine new reservoirs online in Lincolnshire, Cambrishire by 2050, Oxfordshire, Reversed, SuffolkKent, East Sussex And this West Midlands And the samarset, with the ability to supply 670 million liters of additional water per day.
Water Minister Emma Hardy said that the government is “interfering with the national interest and slashing Red lace To create the plan process rapidly to unlock nine new reservoirs ”.
He said that it will protect and unlock the water supply for future generations building From thousands of houses.
