Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 2585

Water: Standards

Tabled: 30 July 2024
Answered: 5 September 2024

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure water quality monitoring data is published all year round.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Environment Act places monitoring duties on the water industry to improve transparency and reduce harm from sewage discharges. As outlined in Section 82, the Continuous Water Quality Monitoring programme will require water companies to continuously me...

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