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“Water Scarcity” - Private Parliamentary Roundtable Event chaired by John Milne MP (Liberal Democrats, Member of Parliament for Horsham)

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Description

This was a roundtable discussion on research and recommendations from The University of Manchester on water stress, demand and water security organised by Policy@Manchester, The University of Manchester’s sector leading policy engagement unit.

In England, water stress is an immediate crisis - additional measures to curb demand are needed to avoid a shortfall of over 4.5 billion litres per day (more than a third of current supply). Our ability to live, build homes and thrive as communities is severely limited by this.

The event will bring together stakeholders to address the immediate crisis of water stress with the gap between public water supply and demand increasing year on year.

We will be joined by leading experts at The University of Manchester.
Taking place from 13:30 – 14:30 on Monday 18th May 2026 in Room U, Portcullis House (Westminster) the roundtable will consist of speaking sessions followed by an open discussion, encouraging feedback and insight from our list of expert attendees. This will be followed by a drop-in session for MPs until 16:00.
Period18 May 2026
Event typeOther
LocationLondon, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of RecognitionNational

Keywords

  • water scarcity
  • water demand
  • household water demand
  • agricultural water demand
  • business water use
  • invisible water demands
  • public policy
  • Water Bill

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Policy@Manchester
  • Sustainable Consumption Institute
  • Manchester Urban Institute
  • Sustainable Futures
  • Manchester Environmental Research Institute

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