The Abberton Scheme

A large strategic resource is required to provide Essex with the amount of water needed to ensure a continued future supply to customers over the next twenty five years.

After fifteen years of investigation and consultation, the proposed solution is the Abberton Scheme, which includes the following elements:

1. Abberton Reservoir Enhancement : Enlarging the capacity of Essex & Suffolk Water’s existing Abberton Reservoir (located to the south of Colchester in Essex), which will secure additional water resources and improve the Reservoir’s value for biodiversity.

2. Denver Licence Variation : Obtaining additional water to fill the enlarged reservoir, by varying abstraction licences at Denver and Blackdyke, as part of the Ely Ouse to Essex
Transfer Scheme (EOETS), owned and operated by the
Environment Agency.

3. Transfer Enhancement : Provision for increased transfer of water from Denver to Abberton Reservoir through enhancement of the capacity of the existing water transfer system.

To find out more about the scheme please use the links on the left hand side or you can download our brochure for the Scheme.

If you have any questions please complete the online form.