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This abstraction licensing strategy is for the Tamar catchment in the South West river basin district.

Our approach ensures that we:

• meetriver basin management planobjectives for water resources activities
• avoid deterioration within the catchment

Our guidance onmanaging water abstractiongives the technical explanation, legal and policy requirements behind the strategy.

Please see our guidance if you need to:

• check if you need a licence to abstract water
• check if you need a licence to impound water
• apply for an abstraction or impounding licence