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Water resources: water scarcity

Area of water scarcity status: Folkestone and Dover Water Services' application

Elliot Morley, Minister of State for the Environment, made a statement to the House of Commons on 1 March 2006. He announced the Secretary of State’s approval of Folkestone and Dover Water Services’ application to be designated an area of water scarcity.

The designation begins on 1 April 2006 and will last for ten years. It will widen the company’s powers to meter its domestic customers. At present 40% of the company’s domestic customers are metered. The company plans to increase this to 90%.

Further information relating to the application:

• Elliot Morley’s Written Ministerial Statement

• A copy of the decision letter sent to the company (42 KB)

• A copy of the detailed paper that accompanied the decision letter (116 KB)

• The company’s original application (772 KB)

• Ofwat’s (The Office of Water Services) consultation response (300 KB)

• The Environment Agency’s consultation response (96 KB)

• The Consumer Council for Water’s consultation response (160 KB)

• The former WaterVoice Southern’s consultation response (267 KB)

• The Dover, Deal and District Citizens Advice Bureau’s consultation response (24 KB)

• The Citizens Advice Bureau’s, Head Office, consultation response (58 KB)

• Further information supplied by the company, following consultation, in support of its application (127 KB)

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Page last modified: 2 March 2006
Page published: 1 March 2006

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