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River Mole: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of improvements to sewage works discharging into the river Mole and (b) extent of further work needed to reduce storm overflows from tho

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
21 Oct 2024
Answer
22 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of improvements to sewage works discharging into the river Mole and (b) extent of further work needed to reduce storm overflows from tho

  2. 21 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Environment Agency (EA) has 31 Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) schemes in the current investment period 2020-25. These cover the Mole catchment as a whole. The schemes involve a range of actions including increasing storm tank ca...

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