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Business in the new world Becoming a 21st Century water company

Peter Simpson Managing Director, Anglian Water

Landscapes for Life 2013:

National Association

of AONBs

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Demand for electricity could double by 2050; Risk of energy gap equivalent to total energy market in 2000

Global trends driving change

Demand for water will increase by 30% by

2030,

Population over 7 billion and growing

– to 9 billion

Increasing global economic development grows

consumption; especially in China, India and Brazil

Economic volatility and uncertainty

Businesses increasingly hold the levers of change (rapidly changing technology)By 2050 we will

be using 2.3 planet’s worth of

resources

In the next 40 years we will

need to produce as

much food as in all of history up

to now

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Global trends, but local impacts

April - September 2012: Anglian area

received 153% of the long-term

average rainfall following record

drought.

Our population to grow by 20%

by 2040

New Anglia Green Economy Pathfinder – transitioning to a low

carbon economy18 months to March 2012 – the

driest ever recorded

75,000 ha of high-quality

horticultural and arable land is

likely to be flooded at least

once every 3 years by the

2050s

The UK Climate Projections suggest climate will cause sea levels to rise

between 20cm and 69cm by the 2080’s.

Total energy resource potential of east of England is 264% of

predicted 2020 energy demand

Average annual cost to businesses of

disruption due to flooding: £26 million - £72

million by 2050s.

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Our response: re-defining what it means to be a 21st

Century water company

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How do we do it?New ways of working

CloudsInnovating, looking beyond the norm for solutions

CrowdsAchieving our goals with new collaborations and joined up thinking

CustomersInvolving consumers in groundbreaking behavioural change campaigns

“the real magic of discovery lies not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”Marcel Proust

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Clouds…

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Crowds…

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Customers…

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It’s a long term journey

It’s becoming part of everything we do

Where next?

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Completing the water cycle - taking the ‘waste’ out of wastewater

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Perception = reality

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2040 – big challenges ahead

1 Ml/d = 1 million litres of water per day

1 Ml/d = supply for ~3,000 houses per day

125 Ml/d increase in demand and target headroom requirements

79 Ml/d confirmed and likely sustainability reductions

50 Ml/d of climate change impact

But in the worst case…

220 Ml/d increase in demand and target headroom requirements

172 Ml/d of unknown sustainability reductions

147 Ml/d climate change impact

Solutions on the horizon?

Our 25 year plan in a nutshell

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With your help we will keep innovating, collaborating and transforming: new outcomes and new goals

Make a positive

difference to the

communities we serve

Pioneer responsible

water stewardship

Lead and champion the effective management of the impact of growth & climate change in our

region

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To consider…Innovating ‘If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what

you’ve always got.’ Which of your tried and tested practices, behaviours, or operations

are worth revisiting?

Collaborating ‘If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.’ What partnerships can you strike up to enable better management,

conservation and sharing of water resources?

Transforming ‘An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.’ What practical action can you take to reduce your impacts on the

water in your catchment?

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