Water for Life – Hampshire
To protect the health of Hampshire's precious chalk stream rivers, we must reduce how much water we take from them. This means investing in new water sources for the area.
Water scarcity across Hampshire
It might not seem like it but the South East of England has been officially classed as water stressed due to the need to leave more water in the environment, coupled with a growing population and changing climate.
Hampshire has always relied on the environment for drinking water, with most of it coming from underground and the rest from sensitive chalk stream rivers, like the Test and Itchen. New environmental limits mean we need to take less from these rivers especially during a drought.
So our Water for Life Hampshire programme is creating new sources of water for the county helping us protect environment and safeguard future water supplies.
How we're solving the problem
Minimising leakage
Our teams work seven days a week to reduce the amount of water lost from our network. We’re aiming to halve leakage by 2050.
Saving water
We’re encouraging everyone to reduce the amount of water they use from 127 litres per person, per day to 100 by 2045. Saving water can also reduce bills.
Catchment First
Through local partnerships, our Catchment team use nature-based solutions to improve water quality and protect the health of our rivers and seas.
Water transfers
We’re developing new pipelines to transfer additional water supplies from neighbouring water companies that have more available. This will help move water to where it is most needed.
Water recycling
This tried and tested technique will provide a reliable water supply to our customers, even in times of severe drought, and will reduce the amount we need to take from the environment.
Hampshire Grid
We’re installing new pipelines and pumping stations connecting our water supply works in Hampshire to make sure there is enough water for everyone, including the environment, during a drought.
