Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82811

Water Supply: Standards

Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on private water supply risk assessments to ensure consistency.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Drinking Water Inspectorate publishes and maintains a suite of risk assessment tools on its website. These tools are designed to meet the risk assessment requirements of the Private Water Supplies (England) Regulations 2016 (as amended). It is not man...

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