South West Water: Pollution
Commons · Question 8 · Tabled 17 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Question
Asked by Andrew George
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) raw sewage and (b) other polluting discharges into (i) rivers and (ii) coastal waters were recorded by (A) the Environment Agency, (B) public and citizen science organisat
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 29 Jul 2024
There were 3,466 incidents into a waterbody in the Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (DCS) area over the last 5 years, of which 929 were related to untreated sewage: Reported Year(a) Cat 1-3 incidents with an impact on water(b) Crude Sewage Incidents in...