Agriculture: Sewage
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much sewage sludge was used in the agricultural sector in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Emma Hardy
The 9 English Water and Sewerage Companies (WaSCs) submit data to the Environment Agency on the total quantity of sludge sent to different outlets to meet the European reporting requirements. The total sludge sent to the agriculture outlet over the last 10 years is shown in the table below.
Year | Total sludge to agriculture – England only (tonnes dry solids) |
2014 | 716,928 |
2015 | 696,355 |
2016 | 750,049 |
2017 | 726,063 |
2018 | 752,992 |
2019 | 698,597 |
2020 | 761,246 |
2021 | 759,578 |
2022 | 766,630 |
2023 | 764,810 |
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