Water: Standards
Commons · Question 23763 · Tabled 14 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the condition of water supplied by Thames Water.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 23 Jan 2025
Drinking Water quality in England is regulated through the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations. The Drinking Water Inspectorate is the enforcing regulator. The Regulations require a programme of random samples to be taken from consumers’ taps, and th...