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Water Supply: Health Hazards

Asked by Gregory StaffordConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 8 July 2026UIN 14683

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any epidemiological studies commissioned or conducted by her Department have examined health outcomes associated with changes in household water-supply configuration from indirect tank-fed to direct mains-fed systems.

Answered by Emma Hardy

Defra has not commissioned or conducted any epidemiological studies that have examined health outcomes associated with changes in household water-supply configuration from indirect tank-fed to direct mains-fed systems. Defra welcomes any new research findings to help shape its policies.

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