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Drinking Water: Havant

Commons · Question 1621 · Tabled 24 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 30 Jul 2024

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Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Southern Water's proposal to introduce recycled waste water in to the drinking water supply at the Havant Thicket Reservoir on th

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Answered by Emma Hardy, 30 Jul 2024

Southern Water have recently consulted on their proposal to turn treated wastewater, normally pumped out to sea, into purified recycled water. This water would then be pumped to Havant Thicket Reservoir, where it would be stored and mixed with spring wate...