Abstraction and impounding of water
Abstraction and impounding of water
215.—(1) A relevant undertaker shall have power, for the purposes of carrying out its functions as such, to abstract water from, or impound water in, any waterway, or water contained in any underground strata, in the area of that undertaker.
(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to regulations under Article 20 of the Water Order.
(3) In paragraph (1) “waterway” has the same meaning as in the Water Order.