Policy paper

Thames catchment abstraction licensing strategy

Sets out the current water resource availability along the River Thames and the strategy for managing water resources in this catchment.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 1 June 2004
• Last updated: 6 December 2019
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  1. 6 December 2019

     Thames catchment abstraction licensing strategy has been updated with our latest data, policies and strategy

  2. 18 June 2014

     The document format has been revised and the content simplified. The licencing strategy this document concerns is unchanged, save for larger consumptive abstractions (2Ml/d or greater).

  3. 1 June 2004

     First published.

Documents

Thames catchment abstraction management strategy

Ref: LIT 1855

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Details

This document sets out how much water there is available for abstraction within the Thames catchment, after consideration of the needs of the environment and existing abstractors. It details how the Environment Agency will manage water resources, what conditions may be applied to new abstraction licences within the catchment, and how these licences will be determined.