Sewage and Water Companies: Accountability
Lords · Question HL3060 · Tabled 2 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Baroness Boycott
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Hayman of Ullock on 30 October (HL Deb col 1186) and on 20 November (HL Deb col 276) in relation to transparency by water companies, what are the pre-existing requirements mentioned by th
Answer
Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock, 19 Dec 2024
From 1 January, companies will be required to publish discharge data from storm overflows in near real time. This duty falls under section 141DA of the Water Industry Act 1991, as inserted by section 81 of the Environment Act 2021. To support this, Water ...