Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 116623
Thames Water: Sewage
Tabled: 27 February 2026
Answered: 9 March 2026
Question
Mr Lee Dillon
Liberal Democrat — Newbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken in response to spills into the Kennet, Pang, and Lambourn chalk streams from Thames Water sewage treatment works between 2021 and 2025.
Answer
Emma HardyThe Environment Agency (EA) has led the Water Industry National Environment Programme, which sets out a wide range of improvement schemes that Thames Water must deliver, including investigations and actions to reduce discharges from storm overflows, with ...
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