DEFRA’s latest estimates, published today, show an overall rise in abstraction from surface and groundwater of 7.5% in 2017 from 2016. At its lowest point, in 2011, around 8.2 billion cubic metres of water was being taken per year, but since then, abstraction has increased by 27% to an estimated 10.4 billion cubic metres in 2017.
The figures, covering 2000-2017, show a steady increase since 2013, following a period of gradual decline in abstraction between 2000 and 2011.
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