dataset · England

Abstraction Statistics (ABSTAT) from 2000 onwards

This record is for Approval for Access product AfA268. The Environment Agency is responsible for licensing the abstraction of water in England and Wales. Abstraction licences set out how much water can be abstracted and for what purpose (licensed abstractions). Licence holders may also be required to measure their abstractions and submit how much water has actually been abstracted (actual abstractions). ABSTAT does not to attempt to estimate unlicensed abstractions. Abstraction Statistics (ABSTA

Source details

Licence: ["There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified."]

Evidence quality: 28.6

Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).

Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z

Evidence

• http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/water-abstraction-estimates
• https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/01d0da15-6522-4cf4-bcc5-af4164bff79e/abstraction-statistics-abstat-from-2000-onwards1

Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.