21 You have prepared a statement for issue with the draft plan, which explains where commercially sensitive information has been redacted and clearly explains the process for making representations on the draft plan. S2.6, Page 6 22 You have appropriate steps to advertise the publication of the plan and to explain its contents to key stakeholders at the start of or during the consultation period. S2.6, Page 6 2.7 out a public consultation on your draft plan No. Action or approach WRPG ref. WRMP ref. Proposed inclusion (Y, N or n/a) Any issue identified 23 You have allowed for a consultation period appropriate for the complexity of the plan, and that gives you adequate time to prepare a response to consultation feedback by the specified deadline (26 weeks after publication). S2.7, Page 6 2.8 Publish a statement of response No. Action or approach WRPG ref. Draft WRMP ref. Proposed inclusion (Y, N or n/a) Any identified 24 You prepared and published your statement of response by the specified deadline. S2.8, Page 7 25 You have considered all consultation responses in your statement and have explained whether/how you have on them and why. S2.8, Page 7
4.8 Climate change 4.9 Water transfers 4.10 Drinking water quality 4.11 Outage 4.12 Water available for use 4.1 How to develop your supply forecast No. Action or approach WRPG ref. WRMP ref. Proposed inclusion (Y, N or n/a) Any issue identified 87 Your approach to calculating your supply forecast is consistent with your risk composition choice, and the risk and uncertainty involved have been quantified using appropriate methods. S4.1, Page 14 88 You have discussed your approach to calculating your supply forecast as early as possible with the Environment Agency or Natural Resources Wales. S4.1, Page 14
112 You have completed all investigations and options appraisals in your PR14 industry NEP for AMP6 by the agreed dates and included any options needed to manage any sustainability changes in your plan. S4.4. Page 16 113 You have considered any regulator measures to improve fish/eel passage or water quality and accounted for likely impact on supply forecasts. S4.4. Page 16 4.5 Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) No. Action or approach WRPG ref. Draft WRMP ref. Proposed inclusion (Y, N or n/a) Any issue identified 114 You have considered whether/how any current or future abstractions or operations might cause the spread of INNS and have determined measures to reduce the risk of this. You have liaised with Environment Agency and/or Natural Resources Wales to discuss the risk of INNS and reflected the outcomes of this in your plan. S4.5. Page 17 115 For companies in England, you have reflected the February 2017 position statement and its principles in your plan. S4.5. Page 17 4.6 How to include changes to your abstraction licence in your plan No. Action or approach WRPG ref. WRMP ref. Proposed inclusion (Y, N or n/a) Any issue identified
116 You have liaised with the Environment Agency or Natural Resources to determine the likely impact of sustainability measures on abstraction licences and agreed a mutually acceptable timescale for the implementation of new licence conditions. S4.6. Page 17 117 You have determined the impact of any sustainability reductions on your deployable output and included these in your plan appropriately. S4.6. Page 17 118 You have assessed the impact of possible future sustainability changes on your plan through scenario testing and not included any uncertainty about sustainability changes within your plan. S4.6. Page 17 119 changes to abstraction licences or new options threaten security of supply and there are no alternatives, you have considered and prepared evidence for exemption under Article 4.7 of the WFD. S4.6. Page 17 4.7 Abstraction reform – evidence needs No. Action or approach WRPG ref. Draft WRMP ref. Proposed inclusion (Y, N or n/a) Any identified 120 For catchments managed by the Environment Agency, you have not included any changes to DO from abstraction reform. You have identified sources having unused licence volumes that are required for emergency purposes and have explained how you define these (e.g. drought source or other purposes). S4.7, Page 17 121 For catchments managed by Natural Resources Wales, you have included evidence to justify retaining any of your daily or annual licensed volumes within your plan. You have discussed the evidence requirements with Natural Resources Wales. S4.7, Page 17
4.9 Water transfers No. Action or approach WRPG ref. Draft WRMP ref. Proposed inclusion (Y, N or n/a) Any issue identified 129 You have quantified all transfers including all raw and potable imports/exports and entered this in the water resources planning tables. You have noted the direction of transfers along with the potential to change the direction if needed. S4.9, Page 18 130 You have documented agreed limits between supplier and recipient companies for all transfers, including any contractual variations that apply (e.g. in times of drought). S4.9, Page 18 131 You have documented the total volume available to you via transfer for each year of your plan (accounting for operational or infrastructure constraints that may reduce quantities). S4.9, Page 18 132 You have assessed and documented the quality of transferred water and any impact of the transfer on the quality of receiving waters. S4.9, Page 18 4.10 Drinking water quality No. Action or approach WRPG ref. Draft WRMP ref. Proposed inclusion (Y, N or n/a) Any issue identified 133 You have supported objectives for drinking water in protected areas. S4.10, Page 20
143 You have applied your approach consistently across all WRZs. S4.10, Page 20 4.11 Outage No. Action or approach WRPG ref. Draft WRMP ref. Proposed inclusion (Y, N or n/a) Any issue identified 144 You have documented your outage allowance and your approach is in line with WRMP 19 methods -Risk based planning (UKWIR, 2016) or the Outage allowances (UKWIR 1995) approach. S4.11, Page 20 145 You have entered outage calculations in the water resources planning tables. S4.11, Page 20 146 You have included details of options you propose for reducing outage, particularly in cases of a supply-demand balance deficit. S4.11, Page 20 4.12 Water available for use No. Action or approach WRPG ref. Draft WRMP ref. Proposed inclusion (Y, N or n/a) Any issue identified 147 You have clearly set out the total WAFU, and demonstrated how changes in deployable output, transfers, operational use and outage impact on the calculated total. S4.12, Page 20 Section 5 – Developing your demand forecast 5.1 What should be covered in your demand forecast
156 You have included forecast savings data for existing efficiency initiatives in your baseline forecast. S5.5, Page 22 5.3 Forecast population, properties and occupancy No. Action or approach WRPG ref. Draft WRMP ref. Proposed inclusion (Y, N or n/a) Any issue identified 157 For water companies supplying customers in England you have aligned your method for forecasting population and property growth with the most recent local plans published for your area(s), and accounted for potential changes in published figures if a local plan is not yet finalised. S5.3, Page 22 158 Where no local plan project(s) exist to inform your plan, you have used other appropriate methods such as household projections for Dept. for Communities, Local Government, those produced for DCLG by the ONS or the methods outlined in Population, household property and occupancy forecasting (UKWIR, 2016). You have documented and explained assumptions and data sources used. S5.3, Page 22 159 You have provided evidenced justification if your property forecasts deviate from planned figures. S5.3, Page 22 160 You have accounted for the planning period in your forecast property and population figures and have explained where/if different forecasting methods are applied for different time horizons, especially if your planning period is longer than 25 years. S5.3, Page 23 161 For companies supplying customers in Wales, you have based your forecast population and property figures on the latest Local Authority population and property projections published by the Welsh Government. Your analysis of the uncertainties in your forecast S5.3, Page 23
No. Action or approach WRPG ref. WRMP ref. Proposed inclusion (Y, N or n/a) Any identified 188 You have included details on other components of demand, the methods you have adopted for their calculation and your source datasets. S5.7, Page 25 5.8 Metering No. Action or approach WRPG ref. Draft WRMP ref. Proposed inclusion (Y, N or n/a) Any issue identified 189 You have reported household metering figures in the water resources planning tables. S5.8, Page 25 190 For water companies in England, you have complied with the WRMP Direction 2017 with regard to household metering. S5.8, Page 25 191 If you are in an area of serious water stress, you have considered the costs and benefits of compulsory metering. S5.8, Page 25 192 You have assessed which tariffs are appropriate to your company as part of your options appraisal and included in your plan as appropriate. S5.8, Page 25 5.9 Impacts of climate change No. Action or approach WRPG ref. Draft WRMP ref. Proposed inclusion (Y, N or n/a) Any identified
6.1 Considerations when choosing future solutions No. Action or approach WRPG ref. Draft WRMP ref. Proposed inclusion (Y, N or n/a) Any issue identified 204 You have considered all options that will address any deficit(s) between supply and demand in any WRZ at any time during the planning period. You have justified your preferred solution(s) in your final plan. S6.1, Page 27 205 You have distinguished whether options apply to the dry year annual average and/or critical period scenarios, and your final plan addresses deficits in all scenarios for all WRZs across the planning period. S6.1, Page 27 206 You have considered options that will you to improve your service to customers, provide long-term best value, benefit the environment or collaborate with other water companies. You have justified your preferred solution(s) in your final plan. S6.1, Page 27 207 You have documented all factors that have led you to consider options (whether in deficit or not) in your plan, including reasons. S6.1, Page 27
241 You have assessed impacts using a method that is proportionate to the scale of the problem and have fully justified your approach. S6.8, Page 32 242 You have applied an Ecosystem Services approach to environmental evaluation, if appropriate, and your method accountable and transparent outcomes that consider stakeholder needs. S6.8, Page 32 243 You demonstrate that you have used the best available evidence and data in your assessment, and the conclusions you draw are robust, locally and justifiable. S6.8, Page 32 244 You provide a audit trail of your appraisal of environmental and social impacts and explain the data you use, the results and recommendations from the appraisal. S6.8, Page 32 6.9 Solutions driven by changes to existing abstraction licences No. Action or approach WRPG ref. Draft WRMP ref. Proposed inclusion (Y, N or n/a) Any issue identified 245 You have worked with the Environment Agency or Natural Resources Wales to understand the cost effectiveness of solutions that are driven by changes to existing abstraction licences. S6.9, Page 32 246 You explain how any solution driven by changes to existing abstraction licences the objectives of the Habitats Directive, Wildlife and Countryside Act and Water Framework Directive and prevents any deterioration of water bodies. S6.9, Page 32 247 You have considered whether measures needed to meet sustainability and environmental objectives (e.g. related to HD, WCA and WFD) are cost-effective and cost-beneficial, and are supported by customers. S6.9, Page 32
253 You have considered how future changes might affect the solution or whether any potential future changes might make it redundant. S6.10, Page 33 254 You have considered the resilience of the solution against a range of possible futures. S6.10, Page 33 255 You demonstrate that the possible futures considered include potential future impacts of regional or cross sector demand. S6.10, Page 33 256 You have assessed the costs and benefits of the chosen solution, and have set out your assessment of whether the benefits of implementing the solution are greater than the costs. Your preferred solution is best value. S6.10, Page 33 257 You have described the steps you have taken to carry out a Strategic Environment Assessment and Habitat Regulations Assessment for your chosen solution, or demonstrated why this is not needed. Where relevant, you have incorporated any outcomes from the SEA and/or HRA into your final plan. S6.10, Page 33 258 Where the option involves sharing resources, you have explained who will have ultimate rights to the water and why. You have also provided details of how the option will operate, funding mechanisms, legal arrangements, drought implications. S6.10, Page 33 6.11 Water Framework Directive No. Action or approach WRPG ref. WRMP ref. Proposed inclusion (Y, N or n/a) Any issue identified