Written question asked by Natalie Fleet (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 March 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 12 March 2026. It was answered by Emma Hardy (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 March 2026 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Sewage: Bolsover
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action is being taken to ensure that monitoring at combined sewage overflow locations in Bolsover constituency is active 100 per cent of the time.
- Answer
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The Environment Act 2021 requires all water companies, including Severn Trent, to publish near real time Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) data for all storm overflows. EDM installation follows specifications set out in the CIWEM (Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management) Event Duration Monitoring Good Practice Guide to ensure robust data quality.
The Government has consulted on strengthening penalties for water company offences. This could include strengthened monitoring requirements and clearer enforcement mechanisms to give the Environment Agency new tools to respond where defined monitoring failures occur at overflow locations.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 119539
- Session
- 2024-26
- Related items
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Severn Trent Water and Yorkshire Water: Sewage
Tuesday, 21 April 2026
Written questions
House of Commons
- Subjects
- Monitoring Waste disposal Bolsover Sewage
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