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Water Treatment

Asked by Sarah OlneyLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 10 September 2024UIN 3762

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing of mandatory quaternary water treatment of wastewater.

Answered by Emma Hardy

Defra currently has no plans to introduce and make quaternary treatment mandatory for domestic wastewater treatment. Where it is deemed necessary as an additional wastewater treatment process, costs and benefits will be assessed, and stakeholder consultations will be performed through the normal routes.

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