Suffolk Water Recycling Transfer & Storage (SWRTS) Project

Project Overview

Essex & Suffolk Water is developing the Suffolk Water Recycling Transfer & Storage (SWRTS) Project to help secure resilient, sustainable water supplies for Suffolk and the wider region.

The Project includes proposals for:

Advanced water recycling infrastructure
New underground water transfer pipelines
Strategic water storage infrastructure
Associated network improvements

The Project is being developed as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) and is expected to be submitted through the Development Consent Order (DCO) process.

For full project information, consultation materials and latest updates, please visit the main project website:

https://suffolkwaternetwork.co.uk/

Indicative Project Timeline

Stage

Non-Statutory Consultation

You Said Report Published

Preferred Options Announcement

Statutory Consultation

DCO Application Submission

Timing

Winter 2025

May 2026

Anticipated late 2026

Anticipated 2027

Anticipated 2027/2028

Further information and future updates will continue to be published on the main project website.

Latest Updates – can we add them retrospectively?

Winter 2025 – Non-Statutory Consultation

Between October and December 2025, Essex & Suffolk Water carried out a non-statutory consultation on emerging proposals for the SWRTS Project. Feedback received is helping to inform the ongoing development of the Project.

May 2026 – You Said Report Published

We have now published the You Said Report summarising feedback received during the non-statutory consultation and outlining how comments are being considered as the Project develops.

The report is available on the SWRTS Project website https://suffolkwaternetwork.co.uk/documents/yousaid.pdf