Wainsford Relief Sewer

HC Deb 20 April 1978 vol 948 cc361-2W

Mr. Adley

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Christchurch and Lymington on 14th April, the Wainsford relief sewer, now under construction with its seaward outfall at Pennington, Hampshire, will be subject to Part II of the Control of Pollution Act 1974.

Mr. Denis Howell

All discharges to the sea up to the three-mile limit will be brought under control of Part II of the Control of Pollution Act 1974. I am advised by the Southern Water Authority that the Wainsford relief sewer, which should be completed in the spring of 1979, will discharge via the existing sea outfall at Pennington for which consent exists under existing legislative controls over the Solent. The authority plans to replace the Pennington outfall in due course and the new discharge will require a new consent which will be submitted to my right hon. Friend for his approval.