Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 119539

Sewage: Bolsover

Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 17 March 2026

Question

Natalie Fleet

LabourBolsover

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action is being taken to ensure that monitoring at combined sewage overflow locations in Bolsover constituency is active 100 per cent of the time.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Environment Act 2021 requires all water companies, including Severn Trent, to publish near real time Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) data for all storm overflows. EDM installation follows specifications set out in the CIWEM (Chartered Institution of W...

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