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<p>The Environment Agency makes changes to abstraction licences to achieve environmentally
sustainable levels of abstraction to meet its legal duties and the Government’s environmental
ambitions. If a change to an abstraction licence is required to make it environmentally
sustainable, the Environment Agency recognises that abstractors need time to adapt
to this change. Accordingly, the Environment Agency writes to abstractors to warn
them that their licences may need to change in the future with further detail to follow
once it has completed its review of the licences. Additionally, the Environment Agency
has said it will give abstractors time to adapt to any licence changes on a case-by-case
basis depending on the environmental risks.</p>
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