Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 123003

Water: Standards

Tabled: 23 March 2026
Answered: 26 March 2026

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to help support the expansion of real-time bathing water quality monitoring.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Government introduced the Water Special Measures Act (2025), requiring real-time monitoring at every emergency overflow so the public can see what is happening locally, including in many bathing waters.100% of storm overflows have been fitted with eve...

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