Yorkshire Water reveals plan to open up its water resources data to public

摘要

Yorkshire Water has announced it is to become the first water company to regularly publish its full data on the region's water resources to allow customers to see for themselves how dry weather and increased demand are having an impact. Yorkshire Water will also team up with the Environment Agency to run a new campaign based on the information, which aims to help residents make more informed choices about their water use. Recent customer research by Yorkshire Water shows that customers are more likely to think about their water use and change their habits when they feel they are being given honest information about water resources and that they strongly preferred being provided with information and being asked to play their part in conserving water, compared to the possibility of enforced restrictions. The water resources data, which is generated by Yorkshire Water and normally only shared with the Environment Agency, includes detailed information on reservoir, river and groundwater levels, customer demand, rainfall and the outputs of the company's water treatment works.