Draft Drought Plan 2027-2032
We have now published our new draft Drought Plan (2027-2032) for public consultation, which once finalised will replace our current Drought Plan (2022-2027). The Drought Plan, taking into account revised guidance from the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, will set out how during dry and drought years we will manage our resources and water supplies balancing the interests of our customers, environment and wider economy.
To take into account the potential environmental impacts of our Drought Plan, we have conducted a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA) and Water Framework Directive (WFD) Assessment that will assess the implications of our drought measures on the environment.
Public consultation
We would welcome your views on this draft Drought Plan, as well as the non-technical summary and environmental documents that have been produced alongside. The consultation will run from 28th May 2026 to 6th August 2026, after which we will consider any responses and produce a statement of response and update our plan accordingly.
The statutory water company drought plan guideline process requires that you send your comments on our draft Drought Plan to DEFRA who will then pass them on to us for review.
You can respond to our draft Drought Plan by email to: water.resources@defra.gov.uk
Please ensure you include the words “Severn Trent Water draft Drought Plan consultation” in the subject header, and please can you also copy futureconsultation@severntrent.co.uk into the email.
The documents are available to download below, or to read a paper copy, please ask for them at the Severn Trent Centre office reception on 2 St. John’s Street, Coventry, CV1 2LZ.
Drought Plan 2022-2027
The Water Act (2003) made it a statutory requirement for water companies to produce and maintain a Drought Plan every five years.
Our current Drought Plan 2022-2027 can be found below.
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.
To request copies of our current Water Framework Directive and Habitats Regulation Assessment reports, contact the team by emailing futureconsultation@severntrent.co.uk.