Schedule 3, Part 3, paragraph 5(4)

In this paragraph— “balanced system” means a system used for both heating and cooling and where in a 5-year period the ratio of the discharge water temperature to the abstracted water temperature is within the range 0.8 to 1.2; “cooled aquifer system” means a system used for both heating and cooling and where in a 5-year period the ratio of the discharge water temperature to the abstracted water temperature is less than 0.8; “groundwater-fed wetland” means a terrestrial ecosystem directly depending on a body of groundwater (within the meaning of the Water Framework Directive) and includes— a European site (which has the meaning given in regulation 8 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017); a site of special scientific interest (which has the meaning given in section 52(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 ); “heated aquifer system” means a system used for both heating and cooling and where in a 5-year period the ratio of the discharge water temperature to the abstracted water temperature exceeds 1.2.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30