Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 40367

Water: Testing

Tabled: 21 March 2025
Answered: 27 March 2025

Question

Munira Wilson

Liberal DemocratTwickenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of testing water quality under the water framework directive annually instead of every three years.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Environment Agency (EA) samples and analyses local water body information continuously throughout the year. Under the Water Framework Directive, the EA must publish the sample results at least every six years as a national classification inform River ...

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