Nutrient catchment areas map
Summary
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Most of the New Forest National Park lies in Southern Water’s catchment area and drains into the Solent, including the Defined Villages and all housing allocations in the 2019 Local Plan. The western part of the National Park falls within the River Avon catchment area. The whole of the Test Valley section of the National Park and most of the Wiltshire section are also in the Southern Water catchment and drain to the Solent. A map shows the boundaries of these water treatment catchment areas and notes that detailed catchment mapping is available through an Environment Agency online resource.
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New Forest Water Treatment Catchment Areas
The majority of the National Park is within Southern Water’s catchment area (green shading) and drains into the Solent. This includes the ‘Defined Villages’ in the National Park and all of the Local Plan (2019) housing allocations. The western area of the National Park forms part of the River Avon catchment (purple shading). Detailed catchment mapping is available at http://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/
In addition, we can confirm that the whole of the Test Valley area of the National Park and the vast majority of the Wiltshire area of the National Park are also part of the Southern Water catchment area (green shading) and drain into the Solent.
