<p><img class="alignright wp-image-11152" style="max-width: 33%; margin-left: 5%;" src="https://www.portsmouthwater.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/drought-plan-239x300.png" alt="" width="185" height="232" /></p><p>In summer 2021 we published our draft Drought Plan – which sets out how we plan to meet the challenges of droughts to maintain reliable water supplies ­­– for an eight-week consultation.</p><p>We’ve now carefully considered the feedback and published a 'Statement of Response', sharing the responses we received and how we’re taking these on board to improve our plan.</p><p>The Statement of Response, revised plan and supporting appendices are available to read and download:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.portsmouthwater.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1.-Statement-of-Response-2021.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Statement of Response</a></li><li><a href="https://www.portsmouthwater.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2.-Statement-of-Response-Appendices-2021.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Statement of Response appendices</a></li><li><a href="https://www.portsmouthwater.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/3.-Revised-Draft-Drought-Plan-2021.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Revised Draft Drought Plan</a></li><li><a href="https://www.portsmouthwater.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/4.-Revised-Appendix-C-Testing-our-triggers.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Revised Appendix C: Testing our triggers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.portsmouthwater.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/5.-Revised-Appendix-E-TUB-and-NEUB-Additional-Information.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Revised Appendix E: Temporary Use Ban and Non-Essential Use Bans – additional information</a></li></ul><p>You can also still read a summary of our original draft Drought Plan below and the full technical documents.</p><p>The next step is to share our revised Drought Plan with the Government for approval and then publish our final plan, which will be in place for five years.</p>

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<p style="font-style:bold;color:#fff;text-algn:center;"><em>If the plan does not show on your screen please view a copy by <a href="https://www.portsmouthwater.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PW-Drought-Plan-Final.pdf" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#fff;">clicking here</a></em></p>
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The full set of technical Drought Plan documents which informed our summary are available here.
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