Water Treatment: Inspections
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many inspections of wastewater treatment works and storm overflows were conducted by the Environment Agency in each of the last five years.
Answered by Emma Hardy
The Environment Agency has provided the following figures for inspections of wastewater treatment works and storm overflows in each of the last five financial years.
Financial Year | Totals |
2021-22 | 639 |
2022-23 | 878 |
2023-24 | 1442 |
2024-25 | 4672 |
2025-26 | 10150 |
* 2025/26 data is year to date (as of 18 March). March 2026 data is also still to be completed.
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