Policy paper

Water Bill: abstraction reform and upstream competition

This is one of a series of briefing notes on the Water Bill.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 19 November 2013
• Last updated: 20 March 2014 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This publication was withdrawn on 15 May 2014

These briefing notes are now out of date and have been archived. The Water Bill received Royal Assent on 14 May 2014.

Documents

Water Bill: abstraction reform and upstream competition

Ref: PB14069

PDF, 232 KB, 8 pages

Details

This note explains how reforms to water supply will work, particularly regarding their impact on how water will be sourced.

The note has been updated to reflect amendments that the government has tabled for report stage in the House of Lords on Tuesday 25 March 2014 and the Environment Agency’s recent work as part of the Restoring Sustainable Abstraction programme.

Published 19 November 2013
Last updated 20 March 2014 + show all updates

1. 20 March 2014

   Updated with new version of the document.

2. 5 February 2014

   Updated version of document

3. 19 November 2013

   First published.