Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 13669

Rivers: Sewage

Tabled: 11 November 2024
Answered: 20 November 2024

Question

Monica Harding

Liberal DemocratEsher and Walton

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce sewage discharges into (a) the River Mole and (b) other rivers.

Answer

Emma Hardy
For too long, water companies have discharged record levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. That is why we are placing water companies under special measures through the Water Bill, which will strengthen regulation, including delivering new pow...

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