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Pipes & Drainage 2019

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4 PIPES & DRAINAGE 2019 PIPES & DRAINAGE 2019 Bringing planning up to scratch Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans could become compulsory ahead of AMP8 to bring greater clarity to companies' long-term strategies The framework for DWMPs, which pro- vide a means for all concerned parties to plan for the future of drainage and wastewa- ter, was one of the main outcomes from the Water UK 21st Century Drainage Programme, which brought together water utilities, local authorities, drainage bodies and other stake- holders to investigate how they could solve shared challenges on flooding, sewer capac- ity, population growth and climate change. The framework was published in W hile the water companies are obliged to deliver Water Resource Management Plans (WRMPs) to boost the security of potable supplies, there is not yet any obligation to produce a waste- water equivalent. However, climate change and population growth pose sizeable challenges on both fronts and – even if there has been greater focus on water stress in recent times – there is still significant concern over pollution incidents and the quality of water returned to the surrounding environment. Wastewater resilience can only be deliv- ered by adopting a bigger-picture view of the system it inhabits, taking into consideration factors such as the roads and rivers within the catchment, and that suggests that the new Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans (DWMPs) – which take inspiration from the WRMP model – should play a sub- stantial role moving into the future.

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