LDA Design and Fereday Pollard have revealed emerging designs for new reservoirs in north Cambridgeshire and south Lincolnshire. The proposed new infrastructure projects are for clients Anglian Water and Cambridge Water.

The East of England is confronting escalating water supply challenges exacerbated by regional population growth and a shifting climate pattern, predicted by the Met Office to bring hotter, drier summers and wetter winters. Storing winter water to mitigate summer droughts is seen as increasingly important to address these challenges.

Experts argue that failure to take decisive action could see water demand surpassing supply within the next decade, underscoring the critical role of reservoirs in sustaining regional growth and prosperity.

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