Water: Standards
Commons · Question 123003 · Tabled 23 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to help support the expansion of real-time bathing water quality monitoring.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 26 Mar 2026
The Government introduced the Water Special Measures Act (2025), requiring real-time monitoring at every emergency overflow so the public can see what is happening locally, including in many bathing waters.100% of storm overflows have been fitted with eve...