The Environment Agency (Holme Styes Reservoir) Drought Order 2022

This Order, made on the application of the Environment Agency, makes provision to meet a deficiency in the level of water in the Holme Styes Reservoir, which arises from an exceptional shortage of rain and poses a serious threat to the flora and fauna which are dependent on those waters, including flora and fauna in the River Ribble, West Yorkshire, into which this reservoir flows. In accordance with section 74(3) of the Water Resources Act 1991, this Order will cease to have effect on 14th February 2023 (within six months of the day on which the Order comes into force).