Services- - Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP) 24

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As part of regional water resources planning with Water Resources West (WRW) and our next Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP), we identify possible options to increase supply of water or reduce demand for water. As part of this options identification process, we are committed to considering opportunities for sharing water resources and helping us reduce demand for water. Lot 1: Through the options identification process, we want to get the best deal for customers by investigating possibilities for: • New bulk supply contracts; • Shared asset ownership; • Sharing or trading water with water company/non-water company providers (other users of water); and/or • Achieving demand reductions through, for example, leakage reduction technologies and water efficiency. Suppliers of water resources could be: 1. Licensed undertakers located within or geographically outside the United Utilities supply area; 2. Organisations or individuals located within or geographically outside the United Utilities supply area that have abstraction licences that, by working together, we could use as new or replacement water sources for United Utilities, e.g. industrial, agricultural users. These suppliers may be currently using their abstraction licence, only partly use their licence or no longer have a need for their licence. There could be an opportunity to trade water either wholly or in part from such licences; 3. Similar to point 2, organisations or individuals located within, or geographically outside the United Utilities supply area that wish to be considered as potential new abstractors and who could apply to the Environment Agency for new abstraction licences that could be used by United Utilities; 4. Companies that could offer water recycling or re-use services/technologies that could be adopted by United Utilities. Further information is provided in the document WRMP24 Options PIN Additional Information. Additional information: Closing Date is 16/08/2021