§ Mrs. Helen JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the current percentage level of maximum groundwater in each of the water company areas; and what it was(a) six months ago and (b) one year ago. [27099]
Site Aquifer1 Percentage of historic maximum level for month March 1996 October 1995 March 1995 Anglian Washpit Farm (Norfolk) C 86 94 98 Redlands Hall (Hertfordshire) C 78 74 100 Keelby Grange (N. Lincolnshire) C 34 70 95 New Red Lion (S. Lincolnshire) LL 63 47 88 Northumbrian Rushyford (Durham) ML 99 99 99 Skirwith (Cumbria) S 99 100 100 Southern Westdean (E. Sussex) C 35 35 88 Compton House (W. Sussex) C 60 52 90 Little Bucket Farm (Kent) C 72 84 100 Chilgrove House (W. Sussex) C 66 46 88 Severn Trent Alstonfield (N. Derbyshire) CL 86 87 93 South West Lime Kiln Way (Dorset) C 100 101 100 Bussels (E. Devon) S 96 98 98 Thames The Holt (Hertfordshire) C 95 98 86 Therfield Rectory (Hertfordshire) C 82 83 94 Rockley (Wiltshire) C 95 95 100 Ampney Crucis (Gloucestershire) MJ 99 97 99 Wessex Ashton Farm (Dorset) C 99 93 99 West Woodyates Manor (Dorset) C 85 64 89 Welsh Llanfair D. C. (Clwyd) S 99 99 100 Yorkshire Dalton Holme (E. Riding) C 59 56 87 Wetwang (E. Riding) C 65 87 73 Peggy Ellerton (W. Riding) ML 92 93 94 1 Aquifer codes: C = Chalk and Upper Greensand; CL = Carboniferous Limestone; LL = Lincolnshire Limestone; MJ = Middle Jurassic limestones; ML = Magnesian Limestone; S = Permo-Triassic sandstones.