Reservoir on Hold

Last night I attended a meeting organised by Thames Water to inform councillors at the Vale of White Horse District Council about their latest plans for the huge reservoir proposed for Steventon. Basically, we heard that the original predictions for water usage across the London region and Oxford and Swindon had been rescaled to take account of new data which was emerging. According to their officials, many factors, including the economic downturn, two wet summers and residents being more prudent with their water usage, has meant that the huge reservoir will not be needed as soon as originally predicted. It will now be another five years away.

They shared with us some of the results of the recent consultation which is now available online here

The Vale is also celebrating what is seen to be a successful campaign against Thames Water's massive reservoir. Read the full story here. However, I do not think this will go away for a moment. There will be a delay, but it will come back. Also, let us hope they will scale down their plans to make the size of the scheme more acceptable to local residents. We will wait and see.