The Environment Agency has updated its guidance setting out national policy and the regulatory framework for managing water resources.
The Agency’s Catchment Abstraction Management Strategy process assesses the availability of water resources for each river catchment, produces a strategy and feeds into investigations to identify failing water quality.
The updated guidance explains the EA’s approach to managing abstraction and what it means for existing and potential abstractors. It also includes details of upcoming changes to the current system proposed by Defra for introducing a reformed abstraction management system in England in the early 2020s.
The new system is intended to balance the needs of different water users and the environment in the face of pressures from climate change and increasing water demand.
As more of the available water is allocated to abstraction, the Agency said it will issue licences with increasingly restrictive hands off flow conditions to ensure sufficient water continues to be available for the environment.
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