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date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Sewage: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who is responsible for defining the content of storm overflow discharges.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	21317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Storm overflows are permitted by the Environment Agency (EA) following our published <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fwater-companies-environmental-permits-for-storm-overflows-and-emergency-overflows%2Fwater-companies-environmental-permits-for-storm-overflows-and-emergency-overflows&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cc607b7a8c59d4ef4944e08dc5e0e0c37%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638488661621692620%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=38KBNtJaUQCAuJG%2BVLDCa78ohQpqI8Ibpkc9ou6rh80%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">guidance</a>. Discharges from storm overflows as are referred to as “storm sewage”, which in most part is the combination of “foul sewage” (domestic and trade wastewater) and “rainfall runoff”.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Environment Act 2021, sewerage undertakers will be required to monitor sewerage assets and the impact they have on the local environment. In April 2023, we consulted on Continuous Water Quality Monitoring and Event Duration Monitoring. Our consultation response published in September 2023 detailed our plans for a new water quality monitoring programme, which will place a duty on water companies to publish near real time information on the impact of sewage discharges.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 21318 21319 question first answered 23/04/2024 11:52:28 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1700432

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Sewage: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to test storm overflow water to ensure that it is accurately defined.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	21319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Storm overflows are permitted by the Environment Agency (EA) following our published <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fwater-companies-environmental-permits-for-storm-overflows-and-emergency-overflows%2Fwater-companies-environmental-permits-for-storm-overflows-and-emergency-overflows&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cc607b7a8c59d4ef4944e08dc5e0e0c37%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638488661621692620%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=38KBNtJaUQCAuJG%2BVLDCa78ohQpqI8Ibpkc9ou6rh80%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">guidance</a>. Discharges from storm overflows as are referred to as “storm sewage”, which in most part is the combination of “foul sewage” (domestic and trade wastewater) and “rainfall runoff”.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Environment Act 2021, sewerage undertakers will be required to monitor sewerage assets and the impact they have on the local environment. In April 2023, we consulted on Continuous Water Quality Monitoring and Event Duration Monitoring. Our consultation response published in September 2023 detailed our plans for a new water quality monitoring programme, which will place a duty on water companies to publish near real time information on the impact of sewage discharges.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 21317 21318 question first answered 23/04/2024 11:52:28 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby