Environment Agency: Hydroecology Modelling Tool (HEM) development to inform environmental assessment in water company drought planning.

Water companies are required to monitor, assess and, where possible, mitigate for the environmental impact of their supply side drought management actions. This includes setting out environmental assessment, monitoring plans and mitigation measures as part of the drought planning process. However, in our role as statutory consultee and advisor to Government on water company drought plans (WCDPs) we have identified that completing environmental assessment to understand the impact of supply side drought management actions (including drought permits/orders) is a significant challenge for many water companies. Some of the key challenges include: limited time series of baseline environmental dat…

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