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Solar Power: Reservoirs

Asked by Lincoln JoppConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 28 March 2025UIN 39741

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the water quality of water from places with floating solar panels on the source.

Answered by Emma Hardy

Defra has made no such assessment. The Government takes the quality of all of our waterways very seriously; cleaning up our rivers, lakes and seas is a top Government priority and that is why we have commissioned an independent review to fundamentally transform how our water system works.

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