Thames Water's Reservoir

The debate on Thames Water's reservoir continued last night at a special council meeting of the Vale of White Horse district council in Abingdon. It was an opportunity to send a clear cross-party message that more needs to be done before the case for their huge reservoir at Steventon can go ahead. A number of people spoke about the need to continue to deal with leakage, more water efficiency measures like metering to be taken on board as well as researching their targets on consumption. Read the full submission from the Vale here in Appendix A. The Council also called for the Secretary of State to hold a public inquiry or hearing to enable a full and proper assessment of the need for the proposed reservoir.

The prospect of having this huge reservoir, 4 times the size of Farmoor does not go away, but along with pressure groups like GARD (Group Against Reservoir Development) who have also made an excellent case against the proposals, we can keep on making our case against this huge development on our doorstep and the disruption it will bring to all the towns and villages nearby.