Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 36999

Sewage: West Dorset

Tabled: 10 March 2025

Answered: 18 March 2025

Question

Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of sewage discharges at (a) Charmouth West Stream and (b) Lyme Regis Church Cliff beach on (i) public health (ii)

Answer

Emma Hardy

For too long, water companies have discharged unacceptable levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. It is the responsibility of water companies to invest in infrastructure and other improvements to reduce untreated wastewater pollution incidents....

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