Water Resources Management Plan: Teddington

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall am 4:17 pm ar 6 Medi 2023.

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Photo of Munira Wilson Munira Wilson Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education) 4:17, 6 Medi 2023

I have a final point. Although it is meant to be a drought measure, for technical reasons, to keep the system working, what is known as a sweetener flow would have to be operational every single day, so we are talking about millions of litres of treated effluent going into the Thames every single day to keep the system going. On the Minister’s point about all projects being objected to, as I pointed out in my speech, a very popular proposal in the consultation had broad public support, but Thames Water dismissed it out of hand and is proceeding with this, which will waste bill payers’ money and have a massive impact on the environment. It is not the case that everyone is objecting to everything.