Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 25311

Drinking Water: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 31 January 2025

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Labour — Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the prevalence of perfluoroalkyl substances in (a) bottled and (b) tap water.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) has provided guidance on PFAS to water companies since 2007. In 2021 a guideline value of 0.1 micrograms per litre was adopted for drinking water which, since August 2024 when DWI’s guidance was updated, now applies t...
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