About us
Water Resources West is a group of abstractors, their representatives and their regulators. We are working together to ensure the sustainability of water resources, considering wider societal needs, environmental improvement and working across sectors.
Ensuring the essential balance of water supply and demand is an important long-term focus for all those who depend on the water environment. But there is now a greater focus on the bigger picture. This involves five regional groups across England and parts of Wales, producing their own strategic regional plan to make sure the water resources in their catchment areas are sustainable. Within these regions the water companies work with other water users to consider the demands on the water sources in those areas.
Water Resources West (WRW) is one of these five regional groups looking to provide strategic oversight and co-ordination of water resources matters across the river catchments of the West of England and the cross-border river systems with Wales. This will ensure the sustainability of water resources in these catchments. We also support activity aimed at enabling water resource resilience across England and Wales, including promoting the development of a long-term strategic plan for water transfers.
During 2020 we appointed Dan Rogerson, former water minister, as the independent chair of Water Resources West. As chair, Dan leads our most senior governance group comprising the Chief Executives or Senior Directors of member organisations. He oversees Water Resources West’s strategic direction and governance, adding insight and providing advice and challenge to the group.