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Chlorine: Health Hazards

Commons · Question 14685 · Tabled 30 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 8 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether water companies are required to retain records of chlorine residual measurements taken at individual domestic properties.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 8 Jul 2026

Water companies are required to monitor for chlorine as set out in Schedule 3 of The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2016. Chlorine residual measurements are part of companies’ routine compliance sampling programmes and are recorded and submitted...