India-EU Water PartnershipWorkshop on Water Allocation, Water Economics and Eflows

In River Basin Management

14-15 September 2016, New Delhi

Theme 1 – water allocation

Mark HarvettSenior Advisor, Abstractor Management teamSeptember 2016

Use of freshwater resources

4

We have water resources issuesDrought

Resource availability % of the time

5

Less than 30%

At least 30%

At least 50%

At least 70%

At least 95%

6

How we allocate water

Assessment

Water availability

Licensing strategy

Licence water

Compliance

7

9

Further reading General overview of abstraction and impoundment licensing (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/water-management-abstract-or-impound-water)

Managing water abstraction – detail about how we allocate water and licence abstraction (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/managing-water-abstraction)

Abstraction metering (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/water-abstraction-how-to-make-sure-your-meter-is-accurate)