We publish water resources market information so third-parties can put forward options, or bid, on how they would supply water, manage future demand or provide leakage services. We then compare these options with others (including in-house options) to develop our next Water Resources Management Plan.

Our region is divided into 28 water resource zones (WRZs) which are used to plan water resourcing and show the largest area a company will supply to. They also highlight where all customers have the same water supply risk. 

Each zone has a spreadsheet detailing water resources information and geographical data outlining its boundary. Any zones in deficit that require measures to maintain the balance between supply and demand are documented in our plan.

Find out more here about the tables and the zones.

The data can also be viewed using Watersource, an online platform which we have jointly developed with Wheatley Solutions and Northumbrian Water.  This new concept provides access to key elements of Market Information through a central ‘open’ cloud portal.  Users can spatially identify water resource zones which have a supply surplus and those which have a supply deficit. The Watersource platform can be accessed here.