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Dorset abstraction licensing strategy

How water is managed in the Dorset Water Framework Directive management area.

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Dorset: abstraction licensing strategy

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Information on where water is available for further abstraction and an indication of how reliable a new abstraction licence may be. It supersedes the Dorset Stour catchment abstraction management strategy (CAMS) issued in 2004, the Frome, Piddle and Purbeck CAMS in 2005 and West Dorset Streams CAMS in 2007.

Published 19 December 2012
Last updated 6 April 2020 + show all updates
  1. Abstraction management strategies have been updated with the latest information on water resource availability.

  2. First published.