The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency are leading a reform programme to modernise England's reservoir safety regime and update the underlying legislation. This active programme aims to strengthen safety standards and regulatory oversight of reservoirs across England.
In response to: Reservoir safety reform programme
Work of the Environment Agency to carry out the reservoir safety reform programme.
In response to: Defra and the Environment Agency reservoir safety reform programme update (April 2023)
An update on the joint reservoir safety reform programme being implemented in England by Defra and the Environment Agency.
UIN: HCWS246 Reservoirs play a vital role in safeguarding our water supply, by storing water that falls in the wetter part of the year, to ensure continuity of supply when it is dry. But storing large volumes of water is …
UIN: HLWS249 My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (George Eustice) has today made the following statement. Reservoirs play a vital role in safeguarding our water supply, by storing water that falls in the wetter part of the year, …
UIN: HCWS17 Today I am publishing Professor David Balmforth’s review into the application of current legislation for reservoir safety which considers whether the regulation of reservoirs remains effective and robust in securing the ongoing safety of this critical inf...
UIN: HLWS15 My Hon Friend Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Domestic Environment) (Rebecca Pow) has made the following Statement.Today I am publishing Professor David Balmforth’s review into the application of current legislation for reservoir safe...
Seeking views on making reservoir emergency on-site flood plans a requirement for all reservoirs regulated under the Reservoir Act 1975.
Seeking views on making reservoir emergency on-site flood plans a requirement for all reservoirs regulated under the Reservoir Act 1975.
Introduction In a written statement to Parliament on 16 March 2020 the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs stated that the government would consult on making a requirement for all large raised reservoirs (registered reservoirs) to have …
Seeking views on making reservoir emergency on-site flood plans a requirement for all reservoirs regulated under the Reservoir Act 1975.
Introduction In a written statement to Parliament on 16 March 2020 the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs stated that the government would consult on making a requirement for all large raised reservoirs (registered reservoirs) to have …
UIN: HCWS162 On 3 September 2019 my Rt Hon Friend the then Secretary of State (Teresa Villiers) commissioned an independent review following the Toddbrook Reservoir incident (31 July/1 August 2019) where part of the spillway collapsed following significant heavy rainf...
UIN: HLWS155 My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (George Eustice) has today made the following statement.On 3 September 2019 my Rt Hon Friend the then Secretary of State (Teresa Villiers) commissioned an independent review following the Toddbrook Reservoir …