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Housing: Water Supply

Asked by Mike MartinLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 21 March 2025UIN 35484

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that households on private water networks have access to the same (a) provision for leak allowances and (b) other protections as househ

Answered by Emma Hardy

Local authorities are the regulators for private water supplies. The Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) has information about private water supplies on their website, some of which covers private supply networks.

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