§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list those applications made to him in the current year by water authorities for the lowering of effluent standards.
§ Mr. Needham[holding answer 12 June 1989]: The water service of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland is the sole water authority in Northern Ireland. Another division of the Department—the Environmental Protection division (EPD)—is responsible for setting standards for discharges from water and sewage treatment works. In the current year EPD will be reviewing the discharge standards of 100 sewage treatment works in a continuing programme of review of all significant discharges from sewage works.