Sewers: Private Sector
Commons · Question 88436 · Tabled 5 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Lisa Smart
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has considered streamlining adoption processes for (a) sewers and (b) drainage systems where (i) easements and (ii) multiple landownerships delay adoption by wat
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 11 Nov 2025
Almost all private sewers, lateral drains, and pumping stations built before 2011 should have been adopted by water companies. In cases where adoption has not occurred, householders are advised to contact Ofwat. The Government is committed to using legisl...