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<p>The Government's Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan (SODRP) was extended
in 2023 with further stringent targets on the use of storm overflows to protect people
and the environment, prioritising for early action areas used for bathing, for growing
shellfish, or with high ecological importance.</p><p> </p><p>This plan will eliminate
ecological harm from all storm sewage discharges by 2050, protecting biodiversity
the ecology of our rivers and seas, and the public health of our water users for generations
to come. In addition to the formulation of the SODRP, we produced an <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F651162052f404b0014c3d83c%2FImpact_Assessment_September_2023.pdf&data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C1687e24ebea84ba2b63e08dc65e7a435%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638497292784558641%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uFCljEkz%2BUPk%2FhhSlyoKzntKV0MDDRdhz4bT4XAXths%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">impact assessment</a> which assesses the quality of evidence regarding
environmental, public health and social impacts of storm overflow operation.</p><p>
</p><p>The SODRP targets will be reviewed in 2027 when new information is available
to see if water companies can go further or faster.</p>
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