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Abstraction concerns halt local planning process

A water-stressed West Sussex council has halted its local planning process because of concerns that abstraction in the local area could be causing damage to rare nature habitats. Horsham District Council had already announced it could not grant planning consents for individual developments unless they are water neutral and therefore do not increase overall demand for water across the area.

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Affinity Water issues first green bond

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Portsmouth starts clearing site for Havant Thicket reservoir

Portsmouth Water will shortly begin work to clear the site for the UK’s first new reservoir in three decades after being given the final go-ahead by planning authorities. The Havant Thicket reservoir is being built in partnership with Southern Water, which is funding the project, to protect chalk streams in Hampshire by providing an alternative, sustainable source of water for the South East.

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