Ofwat has informed Thames Water of its draft decision to allow £22.6 million funding for the London Water Recycling scheme (with the Teddington DRA as the preferred suboption), and to proceed to gate four of the RAPID process.

Ofwat Senior Director and RAPID Programme M.D. Paul Hickey has today written to Wessex Water and South West Water informing them that further funding will be allowed for the Cheddar 2 Reservoir strategic regional water resource solution to progress to gate three.

Thames Water is seeking early market engagement with the supply chain and investors for its proposed new reservoir in Oxfordshire - the water company is encouraging interested parties to register their interest in participating in an event in March.

Southern Water is kickstarting the procurement process to find a Technical Partner for its Southern Transfer Strategic Resource Option with a market engagement exercise ahead of tendering a £50 million formal contract notice in October 2024.

Thames Water has awarded its AMP8 Programme Partners Framework for Strategic Resource Options worth an estimated £150 million.

The Regulators’ Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID) has published a Lessons Learnt paper setting out its reflections from the gate two stage for strategic regional water resource solutions.

Ofwat Chief Executive David Black has written to Wessex Water and South West Water to inform them that the Mendip Quarries strategic resource option (SRO) should continue to receive development funding for Gate three in the RAPID programme.

Environment Secretary Steve Barclay has written to Thames Water confirming his decision to grant the utility’s request for a Development Consent Order (DCO) which will eventually see the Teddington direct river abstraction scheme designated as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project.

The Regulators’ Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development. (RAPID) has launched a consultation on commercial arrangements for enabling new water resources.

Thames Water is inviting interested suppliers to register to attend a market engagement briefing event in October to find out more about the current proposals to deliver several reservoirs as part of the Strategic Resource Options (SROs) programme, including the Southeast Strategic Reservoir Option (SESRO).