Thames ponders sewage reuse after Abingdon reservoir scrapped

摘要

Thames Water could have to develop the UK's second major sewage reuse scheme after being told by the environment department (DEFRA) that it does not need to build a major reservoir at Abingdon, Oxfordshire. DEFRA makes the comment in a decision letter issued in March following last year's public inquiry into the company's long-term water resources plan.1 The letter says Thames' proposal to build the controversial 100 million cubic metre reservoir, planned to be 2.3 miles across at its widest point, would not be efficient or economical.