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We want to hear your views on our latest proposals for the Hampshire Water Transfer and Water Recycling Project during our four-week supplementary consultation that runs from 5 March to 4 April 2025.
Our eight-week public consultation on our Hampshire Water Transfer and Water Recycling Project ran from 29 May 2024 to 23 July 2024. We'd like to thank everyone who came to one of our events, filled in a feedback form, or wrote us an email or letter. You can still access and read all of the consultation documents in the document library.
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| Date | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Water Resources Management Plan published |
| 2021 | First public consultation on preferred strategy (desalination) |
| Summer 2022 | Public consultation (pipeline route options) |
| Summer 2024 | Public consultation (further technical detail on pipeline route and water recycling infrastructure) |
| 2025 | Anticipated consent application submission |
| 2026/27 | Consent application decision |
| 2029 | Construction starts |
| 2034 | Strategic Resource Option operational |
We ran a virtual public consultation on the desalination scheme from February to April 2021.
Read the brochure we've produced for the consultation.
We consulted on elements of the desalination scheme (pipeline routes and inlet/outfall locations) and introduced the concept of back-up alternatives, including water transfers and water recycling.
The 2021 consultation ran from 8 February until 16 April 2021, with 180 responses received and 3,224 people accessing the virtual engagement space. The purpose of the consultation was to consult on the proposed desalination plant at Fawley as the strategic solution for the programme and on alternative water transfer and water recycling options should the desalination plant prove undeliverable, at this location and at this time. It was also used as an awareness and education opportunity to provide the public and key stakeholders with technical information on the solution and what it means for them.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions at the time, the consultation was digital-led, using the online Virtual Engage platform alongside social media, press advertisements, media interviews, briefings and webinars.
The consultation identified support for a water transfer and water recycling alternative to desalination, and following our options appraisal process we have decided to take forward these alternatives. A Consultation Feedback Report, providing an overview of the main themes of the consultation responses received, is available here:
