Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 192716
Reservoirs
Tabled: 5 July 2023
Answered: 10 July 2023
Question
James Wild
Conservative — North West Norfolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the length of water abstraction licences to incentivise investment in winter reservoir storage.
Answer
The Environment Agency is legally required to include a time limit on all new abstraction licences and permanent licence variations. When the Environment Agency grants a licence for the first time, the licence duration is usually between 6 and 18 years. O...
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