Environment Agency: application made to abstract water
Published 15 September 2023
Applies to England
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Details of the application
The Environment Agency has applied to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for a licence. The application is for a new transfer licence for the purpose of a fish passage.
The Environment Agency is giving notice of this application in accordance with Section 37 of the Water Resources Act 1991 and Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 of the Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 2006.
This application is for the transfer of water from the River Thames at National Grid Reference (NGR) SU 66625 77036 via a fish pass to Scraces Ditch at NGR SU 66579 76960. The pass will be constructed around Mapledurham weir and will comprise of a gravity flow to a meandering, gravel bedded bypass channel approx. 1.5 metres wide to a resting pool and double vertical slot fish pass and incorporated brush eel pass, with a maximum design flow of 0.72 cubic metres per second.
Water will be transferred through the fish pass at the following maximum rates:
- 720 litres per second
- 2,592 cubic metres per hour
- 62,208 cubic metres per day
- 22,705,920 cubic metres per year.
All water will be returned to the River Thames immediately downstream of Mapledurham weir via Scraces Ditch.
How to view the application
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 reference number NPS/WR/036220 to the Environment Agency at: PSC-WaterResources@environment-agency.gov.uk
By 13 October 2023.
After the 13 October 2023, the Environment Agency will be able to grant a licence authorising the proposal. The licence shall be viewed as granted, unless the Secretary of State, either as a result of any representations made about the proposal or otherwise, instructs or asks for an application to be made to them.
For advice about how to make a representation call 03708 506 506.