Sewage: Standards
Commons · Question 86954 · Tabled 30 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of developer-led wastewater misconnections on sewage treatment works capacity; and what plans she has to strengthen enforcement pow
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 11 Nov 2025
Most modern homes will have sewerage systems that separate wastewater from surface water, and discharge each into separate drains. Property owners are legally responsible for resolving misconnected pipework on their property; public misconnections are the...