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Inland Waterways: Runcorn and Helsby

Asked by Mike AmesburyIndependentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 19 November 2024UIN 13486

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the quality of water in river ways in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.

Answered by Emma Hardy

The watercourses of the River Weaver, River Gowy, Peckmill Brook and Keckwick Brook and their tributaries, together with the Mersey Estuary, were classified in 2019 and 2022. They are mainly at ‘Moderate’ ecological status. The Environment Agency publishes data on the classifications of rivers in England at England | Catchment Data Explorer.

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