Official Statistics

Water abstraction statistics: England, 2000 to 2018

Annual estimates of water abstracted from different sources in England.

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This publication covers the abstraction of water from non tidal, surface water and groundwater in England.

Water is a vital resource that needs to be managed carefully to ensure that people have access to affordable and safe drinking water and sanitation. Furthermore, to ensure that the needs of industry are met, without depleting water resources or damaging ecosystems.

The datasets associated with this publication can be found here ENV15 - Water abstraction tables

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Updates to this page

Published 19 December 2012
Last updated 4 January 2023 + show all updates
  1. HTML coding amended for view chart 3.1.

  2. HTML coding amended for the [View the data for this chart] links for figures 3.1 and 3.2.

  3. Amendments to HTML coding for [View the data for this chart] links under figures 3.1 and 3.2.

  4. CSVs for Figures 3.1 and 3.2 revised to correct labelling of units from millions to billions of cubic metres.

  5. Data for 2018 added.

  6. Annual update.

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  8. Attachment amended because of broken link.

  9. Annual update to publication.

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  11. new abstraction figures published

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