Key Facts about: Inland Water Quality and Use
Abstractions from non-tidal surface water and groundwater, by use: 1971-2005
England and Wales
|
Thousand megalitres/day |
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|
1991 |
1995 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|
|
Electricity supply industry |
13.4 |
8.2 |
13.9 |
15.4 |
15.1 |
12.2 |
11.6 |
10.0 |
|
Other industry |
3.5 |
2.3 |
4.4 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
4.2 |
|
Other purposes |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
|
Fish farming etc |
3.9 |
4.3 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
4.1 |
3.7 |
|
Public water supply |
17.6 |
17.3 |
17.0 |
16.2 |
16.9 |
16.9 |
17.2 |
17.4 |
|
Total |
39.3 |
33.1 |
41.1 |
40.5 |
39.1 |
37.4 |
38.0 |
35.6 |
Water is abstracted under licences, granted on the basis of the reasonable needs of the public, industry and agriculture and availability of supplies. The amount abstracted has been generally falling since the turn of the century. In 2005, 77 per cent of water abstracted from non tidal surfacewater and groundwater was for the public water supply and electricity supply industry. Abstractions for the electricity supply industry have fallen by 37 per cent since 1998, when they reached their highest level for 10 years.
Note: data collected before 1991 are not strictly comparable with later years.
Totals may not add up due to rounding
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- Environment Agency
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Page published: 15 August 2005