Sewers: Private Sector
Commons · Question 38838 · Tabled 17 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulations exist to prevent leakage from private sewage systems into (a) soil and (b) groundwater.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 24 Mar 2025
Discharges to ground or watercourses from private sewerage systems are regulated by the Environment Agency under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016. The requirements of these regulations are implemented through a combination of statutory genera...