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River Mole: Sewage

Commons · Question 9571 · Tabled 16 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 22 Oct 2024

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Asked by Ben Spencer

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of improvements to sewage works discharging into the river Mole and (b) extent of further work needed to reduce storm overflows from tho

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 22 Oct 2024

The Environment Agency (EA) has 31 Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) schemes in the current investment period 2020-25. These cover the Mole catchment as a whole. The schemes involve a range of actions including increasing storm tank ca...