Infrastructure Delivery Plan (Feb 2013) - Runnymede Borough Council

identified risks to provision over the plan period are however not under the control of
the Council.
Drinking Water Supply
Existing conditions
8.23 Affinity Water (previously Veolia Water Central) supplies water to the entire Borough.
Veolia Water Central changed its name to Affinity Water on 1 st October 2012. The last
Water Resources Management Plan produced by Affinity Water (when known as Veolia
Water Central) was published in March 2010. This noted that the company is the
largest ‘water supply only’ company in the UK and delivers 870 million litres of water
daily to 1.3 million customers and a population of 3 million (Veolia Water Central Water
Resources Management Plan March 2010). There are two water abstraction plants in
the Borough, one off the Causeway in Staines, and the other off Ferry Lane in
Chertsey.
Local Plan
8.24 The location policies in the Local Plan; LP01-LP08, confirm where new development is
expected in the Borough over the plan period. Development would largely be focused
in the Borough’s Urban Areas and at the former DERA site in Longcross. New
development in these areas over the plan period will utilise the existing drinking water
supply network which exists in the Borough. As noted elsewhere in this IDP, up to 4512
new residential units could be provided over the plan period and 80,000sqm of
commercial floor space at the former DERA site.
Future provision
8.25 The Veolia Water Central Water Resources Management Plan March 2010 contains
details of the company’s strategy to ensure enough good quality water to meet the
needs of the customers in their region until 2035 and beyond. This strategy is based on
the predicted 25% increase in the number of dwellings in their catchment area, and the
associated 13% increase in population. A reduction in water availability of around 2%
by 2030 has been allowed for as a result of climate change.
8.26 A number of measures are proposed in this published Water Resources Management
Plan including a continued commitment to reducing leakage from pipes. In particular,
after 2014, the plan states that it is aimed to reduce leakage by a total of 20 million
litres per day (ml/d) over the period to 2030. In addition Veolia Water Central aim to
meter to achieve about 90% meter penetration by 2030 to minimise environmental
impacts and greenhouse gas emissions.
8.27 Veolia Water Central (now Affinity Water) state in their 2010 Water Resources
Management Plan that their evidence shows that if expected reductions in water use as
a result of metering are sustained in the longer term, coupled with further leakage
reductions, they will not need to develop any new water resources until after 2035 (an
Affinity Water representative has confirmed however that OFWAT funding was not
gained for the proposed metering proposals and as such the proposal has not been
taken forward at the current time).
8.28 An updated Water Resource Management Plan is currently being drafted by Affinity
Water which will be published in March 2013. This will show how the company plans to
supply enough water to meet demand in its region over the next 25 years and will cover
the period 2015-2040.
Costs and funding sources
8.29 Given that there are no known plans to improve the existing water supply infrastructure
in the Borough at the current time, this section is not applicable in this case.
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