Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 88436

Sewers: Private Sector

Tabled: 5 November 2025

Answered: 11 November 2025

Question

Lisa Smart

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has considered streamlining adoption processes for (a) sewers and (b) drainage systems where (i) easements and (ii) multiple landownerships delay adoption by wat

Answer

Emma Hardy

Almost all private sewers, lateral drains, and pumping stations built before 2011 should have been adopted by water companies. In cases where adoption has not occurred, householders are advised to contact Ofwat. The Government is committed to using legisl...

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