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Norfolk farmers call for hosepipe ban as dry crops wilt

Norfolk farmers have called for a hosepipe ban and urged "social responsibility" from other water users while crops struggle with dwindling irrigation supplies.

Farmers and ecologists debate water issues in Norfolk Broads

Norfolk farmers face devastating water abstraction changes

© Adobe Stock Farmers have warned they face major disruption from the Environment Agency’s (EA) decision to withdraw water abstraction rights to protect wildlife on the Norfolk Broads. The EA has announced changes to water abstraction licences held by 20 businesses in the Ant Valley, which means farmers will need to find different sources of water by 2024. Fruit and vegetable growers in the area say the plans are potentially devastating, as they will lose water facilities they have used for years. In its announcement on 23 June the EA said licences would be revoked, reduced or constrained to bring abstraction back to sustainable levels after evidence showed that “current abstraction levels may be causing damage to the environment”.

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