§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for the Environment which pesticides either his Department or the water authorities have plans to monitor apart from organochlorine insecticides.
§ Mr. WaldegraveMy hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Construction has recently approved proposals for exploratory surveys of rivers for a range of pesticides; in particular, organo-tin compounds, organophosphorous compounds, the triazines and the permethrins.
We have advised water undertakers that they should analyse water supplies for pesticides such as organophosphorous insecticides, phenoxyacetic acid and triazine herbicides, where these substances are likely to occur in their waters.
Financial Target and Achievement* (both expressed as a percentage of net assets, at current cost) 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 Name of Water Authority Target Achievement Target Achievement Targett Achievement Target Anglian 1.38 2.58 2.06 3.29 2.06 2.96 1.36 Northumbrian 2.52 1.63 1.87 2.10 1.87 2.43 1.25 North West 0.80 1.30 1.26 1.92 1.26 1.84 0.95 Severn Trent 1.02 1.28 1.17 1.66 1.25 1.62 1.25