Severn
- Public Water Supply: 75%
- Agriculture: 20%
- Industrial: 3%
- Other: 2%
- Amenity: 0%
- Public Water Supply: 79%
- Agriculture: 15%
- Other: 4%
- Industrial: 1%
- Amenity: 1%
- Public Water Supply: 2 Ml/d
- Other: 0 Ml/d
- All numbers are indicative, do not include proposed catchment actions (e.g. 2024 Water Resources Management Plans), are based on consumptive abstraction, and are subject to local review
- Licences that are less than 20% consumptive have been filtered out, but may require action after local review
- If no abstraction reductions are identified, abstraction may still need to reduce once local data and information has been considered
- If a licence has a "Hands off Flow" (HOF) condition it may already have the appropriate level of constraint
Warwickshire Avon
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Catchment Summary Warwickshire Avon
1. Catchment Information
Catchment: Warwickshire Avon
Next Common End Date: 2037
2. Current Picture of Abstraction by Sector
Fully Licensed Consumptive Abstraction: 331 ML/d
Proportion of the total volume of water abstracted by sector if licences were used to full capacity:
• Public Water Supply: 88%
• Agriculture: 8%
• Industrial: 2%
• Amenity: 1%
• Other: 0%
Recent Actual Consumptive Abstraction: 88 ML/d
Proportion of the total volume of actual abstraction by sector based on an average of a 6 year period:
• Public Water Supply: 87%
• Agriculture: 6%
• Industrial: 2%
• Amenity: 4%
• Other: 0%
3. Consumptive vs Non-Consumptive Abstraction
Proportion of non-consumptive abstraction in the catchment (not represented in current picture of abstraction by sector):
• Consumptive Abstraction: 17%
• Non-Consumptive Abstraction: 83%
4. Recent Actual Abstraction Reductions by Sector (ML/d) to Meet Current RBMP Targets
Recent actual abstraction is based on a set 6 year period. Figures do not account for future planned actions in the catchment including licence capping proposals.
• Public Water Supply: 22 ML/d
• Amenity: 1 ML/d
• Industrial: <1 ML/d
• Agriculture: <1 ML/d
• Other: 0 ML/d
5. The range of potential abstraction reductions required in a fully licensed 2050 scenario considering potential future climate
Sector | Lower % | Lower ML/d | Upper % | Upper ML/d |
Other | 0% | <1 | 5% | <1 |
Agriculture | 0% | <1 | 0% | <1 |
Amenity | 0% | <1 | 0% | <1 |
Industrial | 30% | 3 | 35% | 3 |
Public Water Supply | 15% | 37 | 15% | 37 |
| Energy | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 |
6. Important Notes
• All numbers are indicative, do not include proposed catchment actions (e.g. 2024 Water Resources Management Plans), are based on consumptive abstraction, and are subject to local review
• Licences that are less than 20% consumptive have been filtered out, but may require action after local review
• If no abstraction reductions are identified, abstraction may still need to reduce once local data and information has been considered
• If a licence has a “Hands off Flow” (HOF) condition it may already have the appropriate level of constraint
Bristol Avon and Little Avon
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Catchment Summary Bristol Avon & Little Avon
1. Catchment Information
Catchment: Bristol Avon & Little Avon
Next Common End Date: 2039
2. Current Picture of Abstraction by Sector
Fully Licensed Consumptive Abstraction: 471 Ml/d
Proportion of the total volume of water abstracted by sector if licences were used to full capacity:
• Public Water Supply: 69%
• Industrial: 25%
• Other: 3%
• Amenity: 2%
• Agriculture: 1%
Recent Actual Consumptive Abstraction: 339 Ml/d
Proportion of the total volume of actual abstraction by sector based on an average of a 6 year period:
• Public Water Supply: 61%
• Industrial: 33%
• Other: 4%
• Amenity: 1%
• Agriculture: 1%
3. Consumptive vs Non-Consumptive Abstraction
• Consumptive Abstraction: 16%
• Non-Consumptive Abstraction: 84%
Proportion of non-consumptive abstraction in the catchment (not represented in current picture of abstraction by sector)
4. Recent Actual Abstraction Reductions by Sector (ML/d) to Meet Current RBMP Targets
Recent actual abstraction is based on a set 6 year period. Figures do not account for future planned actions in the catchment including licence capping proposals.
• Public Water Supply: 30 Ml/d
• Amenity: 2 Ml/d
• Other: <1 Ml/d
• Agriculture: <1 Ml/d
• Industrial: <1 Ml/d
5. The range of potential abstraction reductions required in a fully licensed 2050 scenario considering potential future climate
Sector | Lower % | Lower Ml/d | Upper % | Upper Ml/d |
Agriculture | 5% | <1 | 10% | <1 |
Other | 10% | 1 | 10% | 1 |
Amenity | 0% | <1 | 0% | <1 |
Industrial | 5% | 5 | 5% | 6 |
Public Water Supply | 15% | 48 | 20% | 63 |
| Energy | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 |
6. Important Notes
• All numbers are indicative, do not include proposed catchment actions (e.g. 2024 Water Resources Management Plans), are based on consumptive abstraction, and are subject to local review
• Licences that are less than 20% consumptive have been filtered out, but may require action after local review
• If no abstraction reductions are identified, abstraction may still need to reduce once local data and information has been considered
• If a licence has a “Hands off Flow” (HOF) condition it may already have the appropriate level of constraint
Severn Corridor
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Catchment Summary Severn Corridor
1. Catchment Information
Catchment: Severn Corridor
Next Common End Date: 2034
2. Current Picture of Abstraction by Sector
Fully Licensed Consumptive Abstraction: 1263 Ml/d
Proportion of the total volume of water abstracted by sector if licences were used to full capacity:
- Public Water Supply: 97%
- Agriculture: 1%
- Amenity: 1%
- Industrial: 0%
- Other: 0%
Recent Actual Consumptive Abstraction: 949 Ml/d
Proportion of the total volume of actual abstraction by sector based on an average of a 6 year period:
- Public Water Supply: 99%
- Agriculture: 1%
- Amenity: 0%
- Industrial: 0%
- Other: 0%
3. Consumptive vs Non-Consumptive Abstraction
Proportion of non-consumptive abstraction in the catchment (not represented in current picture of abstraction by sector):
- Consumptive Abstraction: 24%
- Non-Consumptive Abstraction: 76%
4. Recent Actual Abstraction Reductions by Sector (ML/d) to Meet Current RBMP Targets
- Amenity: <1
- Agriculture: <1
- Other: <1
- Public Water Supply: <1
- Industrial: <1
Recent actual abstraction is based on a set 6 year period. Figures do not account for future planned actions in the catchment including licence capping proposals.
5. The range of potential abstraction reductions required in a fully licensed 2050 scenario considering potential future climate
Sector | Lower % | Lower Ml/d | Upper % | Upper Ml/d |
Industrial | 0% | <1 | 0% | <1 |
Other | 10% | <1 | 10% | <1 |
Agriculture | 5% | 1 | 5% | 1 |
Amenity | 50% | 7 | 50% | 7 |
Public Water Supply | 0% | 7 | 0% | 9 |
6. Important Notes
- All numbers are indicative, do not include proposed catchment actions (e.g. 2024 Water Resources Management Plans), are based on consumptive abstraction, and are subject to local review
- Licences that are less than 20% consumptive have been filtered out, but may require action after local review
- If no abstraction reductions are identified, abstraction may still need to reduce once local data and information has been considered
- If a licence has a "Hands off Flow" (HOF) condition it may already have the appropriate level of constraint
Severn Middle Shropshire
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Catchment Summary Shropshire Middle Severn
1. Catchment Information
Catchment: Shropshire Middle Severn
Next Common End Date: 2039
2. Current Picture of Abstraction by Sector
Fully Licensed Consumptive Abstraction: 171 Ml/d
Proportion of the total volume of water abstracted by sector if licences were used to full capacity:
- Public Water Supply: 44%
- Agriculture: 23%
- Amenity: 20%
- Industrial: 7%
- Other: 6%
Recent Actual Consumptive Abstraction: 79 Ml/d
Proportion of the total volume of actual abstraction by sector based on an average of a 6 year period:
- Public Water Supply: 61%
- Agriculture: 15%
- Other: 12%
- Industrial: 9%
- Amenity: 3%
3. Consumptive vs Non-Consumptive Abstraction
Proportion of non-consumptive abstraction in the catchment (not represented in current picture of abstraction by sector):
- Consumptive Abstraction: 30%
- Non-Consumptive Abstraction: 70%
4. Recent Actual Abstraction Reductions by Sector (ML/d) to Meet Current RBMP Targets
- Public Water Supply: 23
- Other: 6
- Industrial: 1
- Agriculture: <1
- Amenity: <1
Recent actual abstraction is based on a set 6 year period. Figures do not account for future planned actions in the catchment including licence capping proposals.
5. The range of potential abstraction reductions required in a fully licensed 2050 scenario considering potential future climate
Sector | Lower % | Lower Ml/d | Upper % | Upper Ml/d |
Agriculture | 10% | 5 | 15% | 5 |
Industrial | 60% | 7 | 60% | 7 |
Other | 75% | 8 | 80% | 8 |
Amenity | 0% | <1 | 0% | <1 |
Public Water Supply | 50% | 37 | 55% | 41 |
| Energy | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 |
6. Important Notes
- All numbers are indicative, do not include proposed catchment actions (e.g. 2024 Water Resources Management Plans), are based on consumptive abstraction, and are subject to local review
- Licences that are less than 20% consumptive have been filtered out, but may require action after local review
- If no abstraction reductions are identified, abstraction may still need to reduce once local data and information has been considered
- If a licence has a "Hands off Flow" (HOF) condition it may already have the appropriate level of constraint
Worcestershire Middle Severn
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Catchment Summary Worcestershire Middle Severn
1. Catchment Information
Catchment: Worcestershire Middle Severn
Next Common End Date: 2038
2. Current Picture of Abstraction by Sector
Fully Licensed Consumptive Abstraction: 298 ML/d
Proportion of the total volume of water abstracted by sector if licences were used to full capacity:
• Public Water Supply: 92%
• Agriculture: 6%
• Amenity: 1%
• Industrial: 1%
• Other: 0%
Recent Actual Consumptive Abstraction: 193 ML/d
Proportion of the total volume of actual abstraction by sector based on an average of a 6 year period:
• Public Water Supply: 96%
• Agriculture: 3%
• Amenity: 0%
• Industrial: 1%
• Other: 0%
3. Consumptive vs Non-Consumptive Abstraction
Proportion of non-consumptive abstraction in the catchment (not represented in current picture of abstraction by sector):
• Consumptive Abstraction: 4%
• Non-Consumptive Abstraction: 96%
4. Recent Actual Abstraction Reductions by Sector (ML/d) to Meet Current RBMP Targets
• Public Water Supply: 155 ML/d
• Agriculture: 2 ML/d
• Industrial: <1 ML/d
• Amenity: <1 ML/d
• Other: <1 ML/d
Recent actual abstraction is based on a set 6 year period. Figures do not account for future planned actions in the catchment including licence capping proposals.
5. The range of potential abstraction reductions required in a fully licensed 2050 scenario considering potential future climate
Sector | Lower % | Lower ML/d | Upper % | Upper ML/d |
Other | 45% | <1 | 50% | <1 |
Industrial | 10% | <1 | 10% | <1 |
Amenity | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Agriculture | 30% | 5 | 40% | 7 |
Public Water Supply | 85% | 240 | 90% | 247 |
| Energy | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 |
6. Important Notes
• All numbers are indicative, do not include proposed catchment actions (e.g. 2024 Water Resources Management Plans), are based on consumptive abstraction, and are subject to local review
• Licences that are less than 20% consumptive have been filtered out, but may require action after local review
• If no abstraction reductions are identified, abstraction may still need to reduce once local data and information has been considered
• If a licence has a “Hands off Flow” (HOF) condition it may already have the appropriate level of constraint
Severn Vale
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Catchment Summary Severn Vale
1. Catchment Information
Catchment: Severn Vale
Next Common End Date: 2039
2. Current Picture of Abstraction by Sector
Fully Licensed Consumptive Abstraction: 63 Ml/d
Proportion of the total volume of water abstracted by sector if licences were used to full capacity:
- Public Water Supply: 50%
- Industrial: 37%
- Agriculture: 10%
- Other: 3%
- Amenity: 0%
Recent Actual Consumptive Abstraction: 33 Ml/d
Proportion of the total volume of actual abstraction by sector based on an average of a 6 year period:
- Public Water Supply: 54%
- Industrial: 34%
- Agriculture: 9%
- Other: 2%
- Amenity: 0%
3. Consumptive vs Non-Consumptive Abstraction
Proportion of non-consumptive abstraction in the catchment (not represented in current picture of abstraction by sector):
- Consumptive Abstraction: 17%
- Non-Consumptive Abstraction: 83%
4. Recent Actual Abstraction Reductions by Sector (ML/d) to Meet Current RBMP Targets
- Public Water Supply: 4
- Other: <1
- Industrial: <1
- Agriculture: <1
Recent actual abstraction is based on a set 6 year period. Figures do not account for future planned actions in the catchment including licence capping proposals.
5. The range of potential abstraction reductions required in a fully licensed 2050 scenario considering potential future climate
Sector | Lower % | Lower Ml/d | Upper % | Upper Ml/d |
Amenity | 40% | <1 | 55% | <1 |
Agriculture | 10% | <1 | 15% | <1 |
Other | 65% | 1 | 65% | 1 |
Industrial | 10% | 3 | 15% | 3 |
Public Water Supply | 50% | 17 | 65% | 21 |
6. Important Notes
- All numbers are indicative, do not include proposed catchment actions (e.g. 2024 Water Resources Management Plans), are based on consumptive abstraction, and are subject to local review
- Licences that are less than 20% consumptive have been filtered out, but may require action after local review
- If no abstraction reductions are identified, abstraction may still need to reduce once local data and information has been considered
- If a licence has a "Hands off Flow" (HOF) condition it may already have the appropriate level of constraint
Teme
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Catchment Summary Teme
1. Catchment Information
Catchment: Teme
Next Common End Date: 2037
2. Current Picture of Abstraction by Sector
Fully Licensed Consumptive Abstraction: 23 Ml/d
Proportion of the total volume of water abstracted by sector if licences were used to full capacity:
Recent Actual Consumptive Abstraction: 12 Ml/d
Proportion of the total volume of actual abstraction by sector based on an average of a 6 year period:
3. Consumptive vs Non-Consumptive Abstraction
Proportion of non-consumptive abstraction in the catchment (not represented in current picture of abstraction by sector):
- Consumptive Abstraction: 2%
- Non-Consumptive Abstraction: 98%
4. Recent Actual Abstraction Reductions by Sector (ML/d) to Meet Current RBMP Targets
Recent actual abstraction is based on a set 6 year period. Figures do not account for future planned actions in the catchment including licence capping proposals.
5. The range of potential abstraction reductions required in a fully licensed 2050 scenario considering potential future climate
Sector | Lower % | Lower Ml/d | Upper % | Upper Ml/d |
Amenity | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Industrial | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Other | 0% | 0 | 10% | <1 |
Agriculture | 0% | 0 | 0% | <1 |
Public Water Supply | 15% | 3 | 20% | 4 |