Drones used to police illegal water abstraction in Lincolnshire

The Environment Agency has taken to the skies to police illegal water use by farmers in Lincolnshire.

Abstraction from rivers and lakes is strictly licensed, but with water scarce there are concerns that some land owners are using it for their crops without holding one.

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