South and West Somerset abstraction licensing strategy
This abstraction licensing strategy sets out how the Environment Agency manages water resources in the South and West Somerset catchment area.
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This abstraction licensing strategy:
- provides information on how we manage new and existing abstraction licences
- provides information about where water is available for further abstraction
- gives an indication of how reliable a new abstraction licence may be
- outlines what actions we are taking in unsustainable catchments
- provides an overview of innovative catchment projects we are trialling with partners
Further information or to provide feedback
You can:
- call the Environment Agency on 03708 506 506 - calls cost no more than a national rate call to an 01 or 02 number
- email [email protected]
Updates to this page
Published 19 December 2012Last updated 30 June 2022 + show all updates
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2022 update of the catchment water availability and addition of information from the Brue priority catchment initiative to section 5.
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Updated text in section 2.3.1. regarding groundwater resource availability.
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Updated with the latest information on water resource availability.
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First published.