Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 59634

Rivers: Sewage

Tabled: 12 June 2025

Answered: 17 June 2025

Question

David Chadwick

Liberal Democrat — Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of excess sewage sludge on levels of river pollution.

Answer

Emma Hardy

Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989 (SUiAR) supported by the Sewage Sludge Code of Practice provide environmental and health protections from sludge spreading. The Government is continuing to work with the Environment Agency to assess the regulat...

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