Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 25 February 2025.
Suella Braverman
Conservative, Fareham and Waterlooville
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled Reeves: I am going further and faster to kick start the economy, published on 28 January 2025, whether a new reservoir will be built in Hampshire.
Emma Hardy
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Portsmouth Water’s Havant Thicket Reservoir will be the first reservoir built in over 30 years. The Havant Thicket Reservoir is under construction. It will have a capacity of 8.7 billion litres, supply an average of 21 million litres of water per day and is forecast to be operational in 2032. The reservoir will improve the resilience of local water supplies and protect iconic chalk streams.
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