Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 38838

Sewers: Private Sector

Tabled: 17 March 2025
Answered: 24 March 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulations exist to prevent leakage from private sewage systems into (a) soil and (b) groundwater.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Discharges to ground or watercourses from private sewerage systems are regulated by the Environment Agency under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016. The requirements of these regulations are implemented through a combination of statutory genera...
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