Water: Standards
Commons · Question 15606 · Tabled 21 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the powers of the Environmental Agency to (a) monitor and (b) maintain bathing water (i) status and (ii) quality.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 27 Nov 2024
The Environment Agency (EA) is the appropriate agency for monitoring and managing bathing waters in England. Their operational duties ensure the required testing and monitoring of bathing waters, and pollution risk forecasting during the bathing season. O...