Water projects
Reservoirs, desalination, treatment and network schemes, tracked entirely from open procurement, planning and regulatory sources.
A proposed large pumped-storage reservoir in Oxfordshire, intended to underpin water supply for London and the south east through the 2040s.
- Status
- In planning
- Promoter
- Thames Water and Affinity Water
- Type
- Reservoir
- Evidence base
- Water resources management plans, the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project process and public consultation documents.
A national programme to add large-scale desalination capacity, including a very large plant at Casablanca, in response to a severe multi-year drought and declining dam storage.
- Status
- Under construction
- Promoter
- Government of Morocco
- Type
- Desalination
- Evidence base
- Government programme documents and public procurement notices.
A proposed reservoir in Cambridgeshire to support growth in the driest part of the UK, where existing chalk groundwater abstraction is already environmentally constrained.
- Status
- In planning
- Promoter
- Anglian Water and Cambridge Water
- Type
- Reservoir
- Evidence base
- Water resources management plans and the NSIP consenting process.
A very large underground water reclamation plant forming part of the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System, designed to close Singapore’s used-water loop.
- Status
- Under construction
- Promoter
- PUB Singapore
- Type
- Water reclamation
- Evidence base
- PUB publications and public tender records.
The first new reservoir in southern England for decades, filled with surplus spring water and supporting reduced abstraction from the environmentally sensitive Rivers Test and Itchen.
- Status
- Under construction
- Promoter
- Portsmouth Water
- Type
- Reservoir
- Evidence base
- Planning consent, water resources management plans and company publications.
A proposed reservoir intended to add regional resilience in eastern England.
- Status
- In planning
- Promoter
- Anglian Water and Affinity Water
- Type
- Reservoir
- Evidence base
- Water resources management plans and consultation documents.
Large-scale mains replacement and leakage reduction programme under the 2025–2030 regulatory period.
- Status
- Contract awarded
- Promoter
- Thames Water
- Type
- Network renewal
- Evidence base
- Ofwat price review determination and published procurement notices.
A proposed transfer of treated effluent-derived water along the Grand Union Canal from the Midlands to the south east.
- Status
- In planning
- Promoter
- Affinity Water and Severn Trent Water
- Type
- Water transfer
- Evidence base
- Water resources management plans and regional water resource group publications.
Proposed desalination capacity for the Algarve, driven by repeated drought and high seasonal tourist demand.
- Status
- In procurement
- Promoter
- Águas do Algarve
- Type
- Desalination
- Evidence base
- EU procurement notices and national water planning documents.
Proposed doubling of capacity to improve drought resilience for Greater Sydney.
- Status
- Proposed
- Promoter
- Sydney Desalination Plant Pty Ltd
- Type
- Desalination
- Evidence base
- State planning documents and regulatory submissions.