Water: Testing
Commons · Question 40367 · Tabled 21 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Munira Wilson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of testing water quality under the water framework directive annually instead of every three years.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 27 Mar 2025
The Environment Agency (EA) samples and analyses local water body information continuously throughout the year. Under the Water Framework Directive, the EA must publish the sample results at least every six years as a national classification inform River ...