§ Mr. GrahamTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many tonnes of sewage sludge were dumped at sea by each of the water authorities in England and Wales in each year since 1979.
Thousand Tonnes (wet weight) Water Authority 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 241989 Anglian 15,202 211 175 156 138 85 215 162 267 299 262 Northumbrian 16 46 262 280 372 482 464 500 457 510 3— North West 1,654 1,730 1,693 1,642 1,299 1,283 1,499 1,541 1,624 1,629 1,646 Severn Trent — — — — — — 1 2 2 3 1 Southern 323 301 267 290 202 232 292 289 243 236 296 South West 120 135 126 145 131 147 135 124 130 125 107 Thames 15,202 5,030 4,920 4,620 4,150 4,200 4,240 4,543 3,638 4,083 2,610 Welsh 71 81 62 65 54 47 53 60 54 55 62 Wessex 287 312 266 255 176 260 206 197 184 218 244 Yorkshire 243 130 92 83 91 78 88 112 95 109 101 1 Combined total (separate figures are not available). 2 Provisional figures. 3 Figure not yet available. 4 Includes successor companies to the water authorities.