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Water Treatment

Commons · Question 3762 · Tabled 2 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 10 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Sarah Olney

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing of mandatory quaternary water treatment of wastewater.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 10 Sep 2024

Defra currently has no plans to introduce and make quaternary treatment mandatory for domestic wastewater treatment. Where it is deemed necessary as an additional wastewater treatment process, costs and benefits will be assessed, and stakeholder consultat...