Sewage: Water
Commons · Question 47581 · Tabled 23 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing higher penalties for the failure of water companies to adequately (a) monitor and (b) report on sew
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 29 Apr 2025
For too long, water companies have discharged unacceptable levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. Since 1 January 2025, water companies have been required to publish data related to discharges from all storm overflows within one hour of the dis...