How to form, publish and maintain your drainage and wastewater management plan (DWMP)

Publication Year

2025

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Provides information development, publishing and maintenance of drainage and wastewater management plans (DWMPs) by sewerage undertakers in England and Wales. Covers: defining boundaries; stakeholder engagement; progress report; writing a draft plan; publishing and publicly consulting on the draft plan; publishing the final plan and a statement of response; reviewing and maintaining the final plan; basis of planning; strategic context; defining the value framework; options toolkit; risk-based planning; preparing analysis tools; risk assessment and option development; defining the preferred plan; other guidance; and links with other plans.

Document History

Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidelines-for-statutory-drainage-and-wastewater-management-plans-dwmps/how-to-form-publish-and-maintain-your-drainage-and-wastewater-management-plan-dwmp and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 20 May 2025. Published in conjunction with: Environment Agency, the Water Services Regulation Authority , Welsh Government and Natural Resources Wales.

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