London abstraction licensing strategy
The Environment Agency's approach to managing new and existing abstraction and impoundment within the London catchment.
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This abstraction licensing strategy is for the London catchment in the Thames river basin district.
Our approach ensures that we:
- 尘别别迟听river basin management plan聽objectives for water resources activities
- avoid deterioration within the catchment
Our guidance on聽managing water abstraction聽gives the technical explanation, legal and policy requirements behind the strategy.
Please see our guidance if you need to:
Updates to this page
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Added information on 3 new assessment points added to the catchment. Revised explanation of our area approach to abstractions from the the Confined Chalk, with particular information relevant to ground sources heat pumps. Expanded information on the water resources dependant ecology in the catchment. Minor changes to the status of water bodies and the hands off flows in all assessment points. Added new maps, where necessary, to reflect these changes. Changed format from PDF to HTML.
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Abstraction management strategies have been updated with the latest information on water resource availability.
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Abstraction management strategies have been updated with the latest information on water resource availability.
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First published.