Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 16496

Water Abstraction: Teddington

Tabled: 7 July 2026
Answered: 14 July 2026
Named Day

Question

Sarah Olney

Liberal Democrat — Richmond Park

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost per megalitre of water produced over an eighty-year lifespan of Teddington Direct River Abstraction.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) project is being developed as a scheme intended to operate intermittently, during periods of drought, rather than as a continuously operating water supply source. The actual volume of water that TDRA may prov...
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