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December 22, 2025

Council leader calls for answers on emergency discharge from the proposed Abingdon reservoir

Published 22 December 2025 The Leader of South Oxfordshire District Council, Cllr Maggie Filipova-Rivers, has this week written to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in relation to Thames Water’s Water Resource Management Plan (WRMP) and the South East Strategic Reservoir (SESRO) near Abingdon. Cllr Filipova-Rivers has called for clarity regarding how emergency discharge from the proposed Abingdon reservoir will be managed. She is also calling […]