Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 32322
Sewage: Pollution
Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 2 April 2025
Question
Joe Morris
Labour — Hexham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Environment Agency is taking to monitor the contribution of septic tanks to sewage pollution in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) the North East, (c) Northumberland, (d) New
Answer
Emma HardySeptic tanks provide safe waste management for properties, often located in isolated rural areas, without access to the mains sewage network. Typically small in volume, discharges from septic tanks are regulated under General Binding Rules established in ...
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