From Defra

The Government has unveiled proposals to improve water quality and regulate activities that affect water supplies which are intended to:

• modernise the system of licensing water abstraction – when water is taken from the environment for use in farming, food manufacturing and public water supplies – by giving businesses and other licence holders access to a more streamlined service; and
• improve the management of activities that may impact groundwater quality through an updated risk-based approach to permitting

The two consultations will run for 12 weeks until 22 December 2021.

Click here to access the online consultation on Changes to the regulatory framework for abstraction and impounding licensing in England

Click here to access the online consultation on Amendments to the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016