Sewage: Rivers
Commons · Question 122979 · Tabled 23 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Clive Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to eliminate sewage overflow releases into (a) the River Loddon and (b) other protected chalk streams.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 30 Mar 2026
Through the Water Industry National Environment Programme, the Environment Agency (EA) is driving improvements at sewage treatment works including in the Loddon catchment. These include upgrades to deliver against the Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction P...