Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82812
Water Supply: Standards
Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025
Question
Martin Wrigley
Liberal Democrat — Newton Abbot
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require private water supplies to be registered with a local authority who can (a) test them and (b) risk assess them.
Answer
Emma HardyLocal authorities need only risk assess and monitor private water supplies that they are aware of that are large, shared, or where the water supply is used as part of a commercial or public activity. Supplies to single domestic dwellings need only be risk...
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