Anglian Water river basin hub – STARS4Water

Anglian Water river basin hub

At a glance

<600 mm

annual rainfall
5 million

inhabitants
1.1 billion lt

of potable water per day
140

treatment works
38,200 km

of water mains

Water users:

The region is designated by the Environment Agency as an area of serious water stress.
Anglian’s supply-demand balance is under significant pressure from population growth, climate change, sustainability reductions and the need to increase resilience to severe drought
Increasing resilience to extreme drought is a major goal, with the aim to be resilient to a 1 in 500-year drought by 2040.
Demand management measures are a priority and include ambitious leakage reductions and the installation of smart meters
East Anglia has one of the highest usages of arable pesticides which are very difficult to remove from water.
Quantification of climate change uncertainty and understanding how it can be factored into decision making is a challenge. Improved sub-seasonal weather data and climate change predictions/forecasts are needed
East Anglia has one of the highest usages of arable pesticides which are very difficult to remove from water.
Novel approaches for defining environmental flows are needed

Main challenges exacerbated by climate change: