Question follow-through · 6740

Water: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to introduce mandatory water efficiency requirements for (a) data centres and (b) other large non-household users.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
4 Jun 2026
Target answer date
8 Jun 2026
Answer
10 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to introduce mandatory water efficiency requirements for (a) data centres and (b) other large non-household users.

  2. 8 Jun 2026

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  3. 10 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    In February, Government committed to looking at ways to help drive the uptake of water reuse and rainwater management for large non-household water users including data centres within the Water White Paper. Non-household businesses are encouraged to enqui...

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