United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 38838
Sewers: Private Sector
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17 March 2025
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24 March 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulations exist to prevent leakage from private sewage systems into (a) soil and (b) groundwater.
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17 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulations exist to prevent leakage from private sewage systems into (a) soil and (b) groundwater.
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24 March 2025
Answer
Discharges to ground or watercourses from private sewerage systems are regulated by the Environment Agency under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016. The requirements of these regulations are implemented through a combination of statutory genera...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-17/38838
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1785375
- uk · wq-1785375 · source updated 24 March 2025