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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action (a) has been taken in the past two years and (b) is being taken to prevent bacterial discharge into the sea at Sewerby near Bridlington; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action (a) has been taken in the past two years and (b) is being taken to prevent bacterial discharge into the sea at Sewerby near Bridlington; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
Greg Knight
(Conservative)
Answered by
Elliot Morley
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
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Answered
Tabled on
23 March 2005
For answer on
5 April 2005
Answered on
5 April 2005
Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what action (a) has been taken in the
past two years and (b) is being taken to prevent bacterial discharge into the sea at Sewerby near Bridlington; and if she
will make a statement. [224115]
Mr. Morley: [holding answer 4 April 2005]: Since 2003 investigations have been under way into the impact of the discharge
made by Munton's plc into the short sea outfall pipe at Sewerby. These have shown that there are no discharges of human sewage into
the outfall, which is owned by the East Riding of Yorkshire council. The indicator organisms found in the discharge are present in
the raw materials (grain) brought to the site and the malting process carried out there provides the humid, dark conditions which
encourage multiplication.
Following discussions between the company, the Environment Agency and the council, it has been agreed that additional treatment, by
way of a reed bed system, should be provided to reduce bacterial concentrations and provide storage to balance flows. Discharge of
effluent would also be limited to when there is sufficient dilution at the outlet to prevent visual nuisance.
Subjects
Pollution control; Seas and oceans; Bacteria; Sewerby
Date
5 April 2005
Reference
432 c1363W;432 c1359W; 224115
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House of Commons