Rivers: Water Abstraction
Commons · Question 42897 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to regulate water abstraction rates to sustainable levels in chalk stream catchment areas.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 29 Apr 2025
The Environment Agency takes action where water abstraction is adversely impacting the water environment. Implementation of the Water Industry Natural Environment Programme between now and 2030 will result in an additional £170 million being invested by w...