Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 35484
Housing: Water Supply
Tabled: 4 March 2025
Answered: 21 March 2025
Named DayQuestion
Mike Martin
Liberal Democrat — Tunbridge Wells
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that households on private water networks have access to the same (a) provision for leak allowances and (b) other protections as househ
Answer
Emma HardyLocal authorities are the regulators for private water supplies. The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) has information about private water supplies on their website, some of which covers private supply networks.