Drought Permits

Drought Permits

We're working hard to ensure the reslience of water supplies

We're working around the clock to bring new supplies online, to find and fix more leaks than ever before (including repairing customer leaks for free) and speaking directly with customers and businesses to share water saving advice and free devices. This includes investing £45 million in new water resilience schemes to bring new water sources online, and giving more than 100,000 free water-saving devices to customers and businesses.

We also continue to work closely with the Environment Agency to carry out the necessary steps in our established Drought Plan to minimise the risk to water supplies. Among other measures, this includes increasing supplies through the application of Drought Permits for: