Thames Water has proposed to draw off tens of millions of litres of water a day from the Thames and replace it with treated effluent from the large Mogden sewage works in west London to help tackle water shortages.
The company, which leaks 630m litres a day from its network, is putting forward what it calls a “water recycling” plan to cope with shortages resulting from the rising population and predicted droughts caused by climate change over the coming decades.
