The Water Act (2003) made it a statutory requirement for water companies to produce and maintain a Drought Plan every five years. Our Drought Plan sets out how we will manage our resources and supply system during dry and drought years, whilst balancing the interests of customers, the environment and the wider economy. The Drought Plan Directions 2020 required water undertakers to submit a draft drought plan to Defra by the 1st of April 2021. 

We submitted our new Draft Drought Plan in March 2021, formally consulted on the draft plan, produced a Statement of Response and a revised plan.

We have finalised our Drought Plan 2022-2027 which can be found below. 

On the grounds of national security, in the Drought Plan we have omitted the names and locations of certain critical national infrastructure.  

Defra gave us permission to publicly consult on this draft plan on 10 May 2021.

We also undertook a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), a Water Framework Directive assessment and a Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA) of our draft 2022 to 2027 Drought Plan to take environmental impacts into account.

We consulted on our draft SEA between 1st February 2021 and 8th March 2021. 

To request copies of our current Water Framework Directive and Habitats Regulation Assessment reports, contact the team by emailing futureconsultation@severntrent.co.uk

If you would like to read a paper version of our 2022-2027 Drought Plan, you may do so at our main Coventry Office by enquiring at reception.

Our address is:

Severn Trent Centre
2 St. John’s Street
Coventry
CV1 2LZ