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Water Treatment: Infrastructure

Asked by Ian ByrneLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 24 March 2026UIN 121500

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of current levels of investment in wastewater infrastructure.

Answered by Emma Hardy

A record £104 billion of private sector investment has been secured to accelerate the cleaning up of our rivers, lakes and seas. This includes over £10 billion to improve nearly 2,500 storm overflows in England over the next five years. We will move to a system where assets are properly maintained and develop forward-looking asset health metrics to ensure this critical infrastructure gets the funding it needs.

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