Dwr Cymru Welsh Water is exploring its options to source additional water resources from new suppliers, including other water companies and industrial customers.
The water company is now actively seeking to secure future water supplies through engaging with interested third parties who could offer solutions in the form of bulk raw or treated water supplies.
Welsh Water operates 24 Water Resource Zones (WRZs) within its area covering much of Wales, Herefordshire and Deeside. The Water Resources Plan 2014 describes how it will maintain a supply surplus compared to forecast demand over the planning period to 2050 within these zones.
The utility estimates that a number of the zones would fall into water resource deficit without any new asset development.
The identified areas are:
- Pembrokeshire (~1 — 10 Ml/d)
- Tywyn Aberdyfi (~ 0.1 — -.5 Ml/d)
- North Eryri Ynys Mon (~1 — 10 Ml/D)
- SEWCUS (South East Wales Conjunctive Use System) (~2 — 30 Ml/d)
Welsh Water’s operating area shares a land border with Severn Trent Water and Dee Valley Water, and a water border with Bristol Water (the River Severn estuary) and United Utilities Water (the River Dee estuary).
Two other companies also operate as ‘new appointees’ within its area - Albion Water, which serves one industrial customer on Deeside in north Wales, and SSE Water, which serves a housing development at Llanilid in South Wales.
The utility already has more than 20 bulk water trades in place with some of the companies. The most significant of these by volume is the Elan Valley bulk supply with Severn Trent Water, where Welsh Water exports more than 100,000 Ml per year to Severn Trent, for it to supply its customers in Birmingham
Welsh Water is now planning to compile a register of interested third parties who could be potential suppliers - it also reserves the right to include third parties who have not responded directly to the current Notice and enter into future supply arrangements following any subsequent procurement process.
Closing date for receipt of expressions of interest is the 18th August 2017. Welsh Water will then review all submissions and, if appropriate, commence a procurement process involving qualification and technical stages.
Click here to access the tender documentation
Click here to download Welsh Water’s WATER TRADING AND PROCUREMENT CODE
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