Sewage: Pollution
Commons · Question 32322 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Environment Agency is taking to monitor the contribution of septic tanks to sewage pollution in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) the North East, (c) Northumberland, (d) New
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 2 Apr 2025
Septic tanks provide safe waste management for properties, often located in isolated rural areas, without access to the mains sewage network. Typically small in volume, discharges from septic tanks are regulated under General Binding Rules established in ...