§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for the Environment which towns around the coast of Great Britain discharge sewage into the sea; and which inland towns discharge sewage into rivers or any inland waterways or lakes.
§ Mr. Eldon GriffithsA report of a survey of the discharge of foul sewage to the coastal waters of England and Wales, published by my Department earlier this year, gives details of all discharges by local sewerage authorities and boards.
The report of the River Pollution Survey of England and Wales 1970 classifies all the discharges of sewage effluent and crude sewage to rivers but does not identify all the discharges individually.
I understand that whilst no directly comparable information is available for Scotland, the Scottish Development Department's survey report "Towards Cleaner Water" contains details of Scottish river conditions.
The reports are available in the Library.