AQW 35480/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure

To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the reservoir safety works at the Broadwater Reservoir.

Asked by Michelle Guy MLA on 13 November 2025

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Tabled
13 November 2025
Answer due by
28 November 2025
Answered
21 November 20258 days after tabling
Department
Department for Infrastructure
Priority question
No

Answer

Broadwater Reservoir is a Controlled Reservoir under the Reservoirs Act (NI) 2015. My Department, as Reservoir Manager, oversees monitoring and maintenance. The improvement scheme is currently at design stage with this phase scheduled for completion by Spring 2026. The “National Protocol for the Handling, Transmission and Storage of Reservoir Information and Flood Maps (UK Reservoir Safety Liaison Group, 2018)”, prevents the release of specific details of the works.

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