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<p>The Ministry of Justice undertook a review of water use, and associated costs,
on the prison estate, in 2018. This has informed the development and application of
good, typical and poor water efficiency benchmarks for prisons; and water reduction
targets have now been set for all prisons. In addition, more detailed consumption
data is being provided to prison Governors to facilitate improved water management
at site level.</p><p>In-depth audits of the ten highest water consuming prisons will
be carried out in February 2019; and the Department has developed a Water Strategy
which it intends to publish in Spring 2019.</p><p>The Department is also re-procuring
water services contract this year. This contract will provide for the installation
of automatic meter reading (‘smart meters’) to enable improved monitoring and targeting
of excessive water consumption.</p>
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