Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 122979

Sewage: Rivers

Tabled: 23 March 2026
Answered: 30 March 2026

Question

Clive Jones

Liberal DemocratWokingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to eliminate sewage overflow releases into (a) the River Loddon and (b) other protected chalk streams.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Through the Water Industry National Environment Programme, the Environment Agency (EA) is driving improvements at sewage treatment works including in the Loddon catchment. These include upgrades to deliver against the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction P...

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