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 DemocratRichmond 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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