Southern Water is working on proposal to introduce water recycling as a way of reducing the amount of water they have to abstract from the sensitive rivers Test and Itchen.
In due course, Southern Water will make an application for permission to construct a plant close the Budds Farm Waste Water Treatment Works. They will also seek permission to install associated pipework connecting the plant with the Havant Thicket Reservoir and the Reservoir with their water supply works in Otterbourne.
This application will not be determined by Havant Borough Council as planning applications usually would be. This is because the project is classed as a nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP). NSIPs are given a specific type of planning permission via a Development Consent Order determined by the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) instead of the local planning authority.
Southern Water has set up a dedicated website for the project.