英国最近的旱灾突显了这一需求的重要性 提高用水效率，控制渗漏，减少用水需求。同时 英国各地都有大规模住房开发的提议，其中一些 在可用水资源稀缺的区域内规划。这些 这些因素导致了新的住房开发指南，其中考虑了 围绕气候变化、碳足迹和水资源保护的问题。 该文件概述了水资源需求管理组成部分的共同主题 英格兰东南部的两个城市发展项目。其中一个项目是 多学科综合水管理研究，其目标是 审查当前水环境问题，确定关键约束条件 对拟议开发可能产生的增长进行评估，并确定 适应拟议扩张的需求管理策略。包括9个参考文献、表格、图表。

Recent droughts in the United Kingdom have highlighted the significance of the need for water efficiency, leakage control and reduce the demand for water. At the same time there are proposals for significant housing development throughout the United Kingdom some of which are planned within regions with scarce available water resources. These factors have resulted in new guidelines for housing development that take account of the issues surrounding climate change, carbon footprint and water conservation. The paper outlines common themes of the water demand management components of two urban development projects in the southeast of England. One project was a multidisciplinary integrated water management study, the objectives of which were to review the current problems with the water environment, establish the key constraints to growth that might arise as a result of the proposed development and to identify demand management strategies to accommodate the proposed expansion. Includes 9 references, tables, figures.