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Water: Standards

Commons · Question 29061 · Tabled 10 Sep 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 16 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in what ways citizen science water quality monitoring groups will be involved in the development of regional water resources plans where they are not represented on Regional Water Plan

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 16 Sep 2026

We are investing in citizen science to improve environmental understanding and generate high-quality evidence to solve water system problems. Government has doubled support to catchment partnerships and funded Water Environment Improvement Fund projects w...