Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 23763

Water: Standards

Tabled: 14 January 2025
Answered: 23 January 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the condition of water supplied by Thames Water.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Drinking Water quality in England is regulated through the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations. The Drinking Water Inspectorate is the enforcing regulator. The Regulations require a programme of random samples to be taken from consumers’ taps, and th...
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