Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 98235

Reservoirs

Tabled: 8 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total reservoir storage capacity in England (a) is in 2025 and (b) was in (i) 2020 and (ii) 2015.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The total capacity of reservoirs for all purposes in England, as per the public register of large raised reservoirs of over 25,000m3, which is managed by the Environment Agency.