Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Abstract
Provides information on the guidance for preparing publishing and maintaining drainage and wastewater management plans (DWMPs) by sewerage undertakers in England and Wales. Covers: legal requirements; available capacity; current and future demand; current and future resilience; measures to take or continue; using nature-based solutions; relevant environmental risks and how to mitigate; other matters to consider in the plan; follow the guiding principles; and alignment with flood risk management planning.
History
Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidelines-for-statutory-drainage-and-wastewater-management-plans-dwmps/about-the-guidance-and-planning-for-drainage-and-wastewater-management and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 20 May 2025. Published in conjunction with: Environment Agency, the Water Services Regulation Authority, Welsh Government and Natural Resources Wales.
Subjects
- Planning and development
- Other planning disciplines
- Waste planning
- Water catchment and supply, sewerage
Publisher History
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK Government department. They are committed to tackling climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and work to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment. This work has formerly been carried out by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment.