HS2 Phase One environmental statement volume 5: water resources
Published 25 November 2013
These documents have been published as part of the HS2 Phase One environmental statement for the route between London and the West Midlands. The environmental statement was produced to accompany the .
This appendix includes:
- preliminary calculations carried out for the rivers to support the hydraulic modelling reports
- groundwater modelling carried out to assess the impact of tunnel portals
- hydraulic modelling carried out to support the flood risk assessment
- descriptions of existing flood risks and water resources and details of how Phase One of HS2 will affect these and explanations of how adverse effects will be mitigated
- details of the route-wide assessment of effects on surface water and groundwater resources
- maps showing the existing surface water and groundwater features
Data reports
Route-wide water resources report:
- (PDF, 15.7MB)
The remaining water resource reports are specific to individual community forum areas (CFAs). A map depicting each CFA along the route is available in the Introduction to the environmental statement.
Euston Station and approach: CFA 01
- (PDF, 1.2MB)
- (PDF, 1.3MB)
Camden Town and HS1 link: CFA 02
- (PDF, 1.2MB)
- (PDF, 1.3MB)
Primrose Hill to Kilburn (Camden): CFA 03
- (PDF, 1MB)
- (PDF, 1.1MB)
Kilburn (Brent) to Old Oak Common: CFA 04
- (PDF, 1.1MB)
- (PDF, 1.4MB)
- (PDF, 1.5MB)
Northolt Corridor: CFA 05
- (PDF, 1.5MB)
- (PDF, 1.5MB)
South Ruislip to Ickenham: CFA 06
- (PDF, 1MB)
- (PDF, 1.7MB)
Colne Valley: CFA 07
- (PDF, 2.7MB)
- (PDF, 1MB)
The Chalfonts and Amersham: CFA 08
- (PDF, 2.6MB)
- (PDF, 1.1MB)
Central Chilterns: CFA 09
- (PDF, 1.3MB)
- (PDF, 823KB)
Dunsmore, Wendover and Halton: CFA 10
- (PDF, 2.2MB)
- (PDF, 1MB)
Stoke Mandeville and Aylesbury: CFA 11
- (PDF, 1.6MB)
- (PDF, 1MB)
- (PDF, 2.4MB)
Waddesdon and Quainton: CFA 12
- (PDF, 710KB)
- (PDF, 860KB)
Calvert, Steeple Claydon, Twyford and Chetwode: CFA 13
- (PDF, 2.6MB)
- (PDF, 987KB)
- (PDF, 1.8MB)
Newton Purcell to Brackley: CFA 14
- (PDF, 2.8MB)
- (PDF, 960KB)
- (PDF, 807KB)
Greatworth to Lower Boddington: CFA 15
- (PDF, 4.1MB)
- (PDF, 900KB)
- (PDF, 2MB)
- (PDF, 814KB)
- (PDF, 1.4MB)
Ladbroke and Southam: CFA 16
- (PDF, 1.4MB)
- (PDF, 1.4MB)
- (PDF, 3.8MB)
Offchurch and Cubbington: CFA 17
- (PDF, 675KB)
- (PDF, 1.5MB)
- (PDF, 2.2MB)
Stoneleigh, Kenilworth and Burton Green: CFA 18
- (PDF, 958KB)
- (PDF, 1.5MB)
- (PDF, 3.2MB)
Coleshill Junction: CFA 19
- (PDF, 826KB)
- (PDF, 1.2MB)
- (PDF, 3.4MB)
Curdworth to Middleton: CFA 20
- (PDF, 960KB)
- (PDF, 1.3MB)
- (PDF, 5.1MB)
Drayton Bassett, Hints and Weeford: CFA 21
- (PDF, 832KB)
- (PDF, 1.2MB)
- (PDF, 2.8MB)
Whittington to Handsacre: CFA 22
- (PDF, 1.5MB)
- (PDF, 992KB)
- (PDF, 2.9MB)
Balsall Common to Chelmsley Wood: CFAs 23 and 24
- (PDF, 1.5MB)
- (PDF, 6.1MB)
- (PDF, 2.8MB)
- (PDF, 2.7MB)
- (PDF, 4.8MB)
- (PDF, 586KB)
- (PDF, 4.9MB)
Castle Bromwich to Curzon Street: CFAs 25 and 26
- (PDF, 706KB)
- (PDF, 6MB)
- (PDF, 4.5MB)
- (PDF, 2.1MB)
- (PDF, 734KB)
- (PDF, 8.7MB)
- (PDF, 1.9MB)
Map books
These map books contain the following map series:
- map series WR-01 shows the surface water features such as rivers and streams and their flood plains, ponds, canals and reservoirs, plus areas of historic flooding and areas likely to be affected by surface water flooding
- map series WR-02 shows the groundwater resources such as aquifers and the associated geological features
- map series WR-03 shows the existing quality of rivers and streams, including sensitive features such as sites of special scientific interest and source protection zones
- map series WR-05 and WR-06, which are only relevant for CFA 11, CFA 13 and CFAs 23 to 26, present the results of specific hydraulic modelling carried out to show the extent of the modelled flood plains for a range of rainfall events, for both the existing situation and after Phase One of HS2 has been built
Water resources map books:
- (PDF, 16MB)
- (PDF, 50MB)
- (PDF, 66MB)
- (PDF, 28MB)