Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 14683

Water Supply: Health Hazards

Tabled: 30 June 2026
Answered: 8 July 2026

Question

Gregory Stafford

ConservativeFarnham and Bordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any epidemiological studies commissioned or conducted by her Department have examined health outcomes associated with changes in household water-supply configuration from indir

Answer

Emma Hardy
Defra has not commissioned or conducted any epidemiological studies that have examined health outcomes associated with changes in household water-supply configuration from indirect tank-fed to direct mains-fed systems. Defra welcomes any new research find...

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