Thames Water is building a new pipeline to boost water supplies to the Oxford and Swindon areas. The pipeline will pass to the north of the Upton Parish Boundary.
Currently, Thames Water take out 75-80 megalitres of water a day from the Gatehampton and Cleeve sources, but will increase this to over 120 Ml/d.
The first section of the new main will be 900mm diameter and will run 17.1km from Cleeve to South Moreton, and then to Hagbourne Hill. A tunnel will need to be constructed under the River Thames. The new main will be laid in the road underneath the Bristol to Paddington railway, at South Stoke. The second section of main will be a further 16.5km between Hagbourne Hill and Fyfield, which will need a tunnel under the A34.
The work will be completed by March 2008.