Minworth
The Minworth Strategic Resource Option (SRO) is the Northern Section of the wider Grand Union Canal Transfer SRO.
SRO Minworth
The GUCT is a joint water transfer project between Severn Trent, Affinity Water, and the Canal & River Trust charity. As a nation, our water supplies are under increasing pressure from population growth, more demand for water, the effects of climate change and the need to protect fragile ecosystems. The project will seek to address long-term water demand and supply resilience as part of the Government’s push to develop new strategic infrastructure under the Procurement Act 2023.
The Minworth SRO encompasses the construction of an Advanced Water Treatment Plant (AWTP) on Severn Trent’s existing Minworth site and the transfer of highly treated recycled water via an underground pipeline from Minworth to an outfall into the Coventry Canal at Atherstone.
Severn Trent Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) will be completed in 3 cycles and undertaken in the similar notion to a consultation process.
The PME 2 focuses on 9 Deep Dive sessions:
Severn Trent is seeking further feedback from the market to inform next steps.
How to get involved
Following on from our previous PME 1, we are pleased to announce the launch of PME 2. To engage in the second stage (PME 2) please use the SAP Ariba link below.
The Grand Union Canal Transfer
Our water supply is under increasing pressure from population growth, more demand for water, the effects of climate change and the need to protect fragile ecosystems. The canal network has transported people and goods for two centuries; it’s busier now than ever before, with more boats, and people enjoying, visiting and living on or by the canals, and supporting waterway dependent businesses.
We now want to use it to help transfer recycled water from the Midlands to the Southeast to supply those communities who have a deficit of water.
This scheme is key to delivering a sustainable and reliable water supply for the future and reducing our reliance on water from other sources, including unique chalk stream habitats. It will also secure future water availability for canal navigation.
We’re still at a very early stage in the scheme’s development. Listening to and understanding the views of people living and working on and by the canals along the water transfer route as well as those using them for recreation, wellbeing, access to nature and travel, is fundamental to how the scheme will be designed, built, and maintained.