The Environment Agency (Upper Black Moss and Lower Black Moss Reservoirs) Drought Order 2022

This Order, made on the application of the Agency, makes provision to meet a deficiency in the level of water in the Black Moss 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 Black Moss Water, a river into which these reservoirs flow. In accordance with section 74(3) of the Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57), this Order will cease to have effect on 17th April 2023 (within six months of the day on which the Order comes into force).