Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 121570
Sewage: Waste Disposal
Tabled: 17 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026
Question
Cat Eccles
Labour — Stourbridge
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many recorded sewage spills and leaks into (a) rivers, (b) coastal waters and (c) other inland waterways there have been in England in the last 12 months; and what assessment his D
Answer
Emma HardySewage spills can enter water bodies from a number of sources and pathways. One mechanism is via storm overflows, designed to spill into water bodies when the sewer system is under strain from rainfall or snowmelt. Storm overflows are tracked through Even...
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