Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 22606

Sewage: Wildlife

Tabled: 18 April 2024

Answered: 2 May 2024

Question

Matt Western

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of sewage discharges into waterways on wildlife in those waterways between 2019 and 2024.

Answer

Robbie Moore

The Environment Agency monitors the water environment all year round, collecting tens of thousands of samples from source to sea. The Environment Agency produces a full set of water body classifications covering every water body in England every six year...

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