HC Deb 29 April 1975 vol 891 cc98-100W
Mr. David Watkins

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the nature of the recent survey of waste disposal sites made by his Department and involving the Institute of Geological Sciences; and what sites were considered to present a potential threat to water supplies.

Mr. Denis Howell

Desk studies of some 3,000 sites in England and Wales were made by the Institute of Geological Sciences as part of a survey in 1972–73 of waste disposal sites to provide information for the authorities taking over waste disposal after local government reorganisation. These desk studies were reviewed by the then river authorities in the light of their more detailed knowledge of the site; of the wastes for which they were being used; of any operating restrictions already imposed; and of such monitoring as had been considered necessary.

Following are the sites which were considered, from the IGS desk studies, to present a theoretically serious risk to

Address Actual circumstances
Disused eastern end of Bromborough Pool, Bebington, Merseyside No further action in the light of river authorites' review
Quarry Lane, Rotherham, South Yorkshire Operating restrictions imposed
Edlington No. 2 Tip, Doncaster, South Yorkshire Operating restrictions imposed
Moxley Road, Darlaston, Walsall, West Midlands Site use under surveillance
Bull Lane, Moxley, West Midlands Site use under surveillance
Spring Road, wolverhampton, West Midlands Site use under surveillance
Hall Green Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands Site use under surveillance
Junction Road, Audnam, West Midlands Site use under surveillance
Hoden Hill road, Halesowen, West Midlands Site use under surveillance
Coombs Road, Halesowen, West Midlands No further action in the light of river authorities' review
Healdfield, Brickworth Quarry, Healdfield Road, Castleford, West Yorkshire Site use under surveillance
Lindslade Road, Heath and Reach, Bedfordshire Site use under Surveillance
Station Farm, Buckden, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire Site use under surveillance
New Cut Lane, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire Site use under surveillance
Tip No. 2/1, Lostock Gralam, Northwick, Cheshire Operating restrictions imposed
Coatham Stob, Eaglescliffe, Durham Lane, Cleveland Site use under surveillance
Park Farm, Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria Site use under surveillance
Slackhead, Beetham, Cumbria No further action in the light of river authorities' review
Low Moor Farm, Parwich, Derbyshire Site use under surveillance
Farm, off Slaley Lane, Slaley, Derbyshire closed
Rockhall Quarry, Hayfield, Derbyshire Closed
Crist Quarry, Buxworth, Derbyshire Closed
Meadow Lane Tip, Long Eaton, Derbyshire closed
Hartshead Quarry, Heathcote, Derbyshire Operating restrictions imposed
Higher Kiln Quarry, Bampton, Devon Operating restrictions imposed
Gallows Hill, Wareham, Dorset Site use under surveillance
Eldon Hill Quarry, Eldon, Durham No further action in the light of river authorities' review
Asheldham Refuse Tip, Asheldham, Southminster, Essex No further action in the light of river authorities' review
Place Farm, Rowhedge Road, Colchester, Essex No further action in the light of river authorities' review
Fetter Hill, Nr. Coleford, Gloucestershire Site use under surveillance
Watery Lane, Barnt Green, Bromsgrove, Hereford and Worcester Closed
Woldgate Tip, Bridlington, Humberside No further action in the light of river authorities' review
Kiln Barn Road, Ditton, Maidstone, Kent Site use under surveillance
Sand Pit, off Plain Road, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent Closed
West Beckham Pit, West Beckham, Norfolk Closed
Harford Bridges, Ipswich Road, Norwich, Norfolk Closed
Kings Quarry Tip, Hutton Conyers, Ripon, North Yorkshire Site use under surveillance
Refuse Disposal Site, Ellington Road, Ashington, Northumberland No further action in the light of river authorities' review
Northbrook Farm, Kirklington, Oxfordshire No further action in the light of river authorities' review
Eyres Lane, Ewelme, Oxfordshire Site use under surveillance
Beggarbush Hill, Ewelme, Bullingdon, Oxfordshire Site use under surveillance
Walton Well Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire No further action in the light of river authorities' review
Rodhuish, Withycombe, Somerset Closed
Treborough, Williton, Somerset No further action in the light of river authorities' review
Landshire Lane, Henstridge, Somerset Site use under surveillance
Hazelstrine disused Brickworks, Acton Trussel, Stafford, Staffordshire Site use under surveillance
Cresswell, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire Site use under surveillance
Nacton Road, Ipswich, Suffolk Site use under surveillance
Culford Road, Ingham, Suffolk Site use under surveillance
Barley Mow Sandpit, Reigate Road, Betchworth, Dorking, Surrey Site use under surveillance
Villa Farm, Wolvey, Warwickshire Site use under surveillance
Baystone Farm, Itchingfield, Horsham, West Sussex No further action in the light of river authorities' review
Moss Lane, Landgate, Lancashire Site use under surveillance

aquifers—whether or not the water was being abstracted—and the further action taken:

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