Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 8843

River Thames: Reading

Tabled: 14 October 2024
Answered: 22 October 2024

Question

Sarah Olney

Liberal DemocratRichmond Park

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the Environment Agency’s modelling of average (a) daily and (b) monthly volumetric river flow rates for each gauging station on the Thames from Reading to Kingston f

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Environment Agency (EA) does not model flow at gauging stations using drought event return periods. The modelling of flow under a range of climate scenarios is carried out as part of planning by water companies to assess how resilient their supply sys...

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