Guidance

Managing water abstraction

• From: Environment Agency
• Part of: Water and sewerage services, Business and the environment, and Water
• Published: 3 May 2013
• Last updated: 25 October 2016, see all updates

This document sets out national policy and the regulatory framework for managing water resources.

Documents

Managing water abstraction

Ref: LIT 4892 PDF, 1.1MB, 25 pages

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Our 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.

Document information

Published: 3 May 2013

Updated: 25 October 2016

+ full page history

1. 25 October 2016 The Managing Water Abstraction policy paper has been updated.
2. 3 May 2013 First published.

From: Environment Agency

Part of: Water and sewerage services Business and the environment Water