Guidance

Water company drought plan guideline, 2025

皇冠体育app Environment Agency has issued this guideline to water undertakers that are wholly or mainly in England.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Details

This document was written by the Environment Agency in collaboration with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

It provides technical guidance for water companies and New Appointments and Variations (NAVs) companies to follow when writing statutory water company drought plans. It also covers the requirements for water retailers.

Water companies which are wholly or mainly in Wales, or wholly or mainly in England but have sources in Wales, should refer to the latest when they develop their drought plans. See more information from Natural Resources Wales on .

Updates to this page

Published 16 June 2025

Sign up for emails or print this page