Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 25483

Sewage: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 21 January 2025
Answered: 28 January 2025

Question

Chris Coghlan

Liberal DemocratDorking and Horley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department (a) monitors and (b) tracks sewage discharge into (i) rivers and (ii) seas by (A) location and (B) water company.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Since 01 January 2025, water companies are required to publish data related to discharges from all storm overflows within one hour of the discharge beginning (under section 141DA of the Water Industry Act 1991 as inserted by section 81 of the Environment ...

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