Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 84067

Reservoirs: Farms

Tabled: 21 October 2025

Answered: 27 October 2025

Named Day

Question

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of qualified engineers to certify the construction of agricultural reservoirs; and what steps her Department is taking

Answer

Emma Hardy

Reservoirs capable of holding over 25,000m3 water above ground level are regulated under the Reservoirs Act 1975. Not all agricultural reservoirs will fall into this category. Anyone building one which does must appoint an engineer to oversee the construc...

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