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Policy paper

Lower Mersey abstraction licensing strategy

The Environment Agency's approach to managing new and existing abstraction and impoundment within the Lower Mersey catchment.

From:
Environment Agency
Published
28 February 2013
Last updated
10 July 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Lower Mersey abstraction licensing strategy

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Details

This abstraction licensing strategy is for the Lower Mersey catchment in the North West river basin district.

Our approach ensures that we:

Our guidance on managing water abstraction gives the technical explanation, legal and policy requirements behind the strategy.

Please see our guidance if you need to:

Updates to this page

Published 28 February 2013
Last updated 10 July 2026 — Show all updates

  1. Updated the abstraction licensing strategy so it contains the latest data and guidance. Also changed the publishing format from PDF to webpage (HTML).

  2. First published.

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2026-07-10 09:07
Updated the abstraction licensing strategy so it contains the latest data and guidance. Also changed the publishing format from PDF to webpage (HTML).