Canal & River Trust (NPS/NA/000662): application made to abstract water
Published 9 June 2021
Applies to England
Details of the application
Canal & River Trust has applied to the Environment Agency for a licence.
The Environment Agency is giving notice of this application in accordance with Section 37 of the Water Resources Act 1991 and Regulation 8 of The Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017.
The Environment Agency has received the following abstraction licence application within the Tame, Anker and Mease catchment
The application is for a licence to transfer water as follows:
- at an instantaneous rate of 767.4 litres per second
- 2,763 cubic metres an hour
- 66,303 cubic metres a day
- 989,174 cubic metres a year
- between 1 April and 31 March inclusive in each year
- at National Grid Reference SP 37241 86992
- from abstraction location Wem Brook at Wem Brook Feeder, Bedworth, West Midlands.
The water will be used for transfer for the purpose of navigation authority operations
How to view the application
We are following Government advice to manage the risks of Coronavirus to our organisation, to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of our staff and sustain our critical operations. As a result, please contact us via e-mail or use the number below to arrange to see the application documents.
How to comment on the application
Send any representation about this application by email, quoting the name of the applicant and reference number NPS/NA/000662 to the Environment Agency at: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk
By 7th July 2021.
For advice about how to make a representation call 03708 506 506.