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Water: Industry

Commons · Question 2090 · Tabled 29 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 3 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Melanie Onn

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability for water for industrial purposes.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 3 Sep 2024

It is a duty on water companies to maintain, improve and extend their water supply networks, to account for future water needs. Included within these plans, companies have to make estimates of demands from non-household customers, such as those for indust...