§ Mr. John GarrettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list in theOfficial Report the number of breaches in 1988 in the EEC guide levels and maximum concentrations for (a) iron, (b) manganese, (c) copper, (d) zinc, (e) phosphorus, (f) barium, (g) cadmium, (h) chromium, (i) mercury, (j) nickel and (k) lead in water intended for human consumption supplied by the Thames water authority from the Hampton treatment works;
648W(2) if he will list in the Official Report the number of breaches in 1988 in the EEC guide levels and maximum concentrations for (a) herbicides, (b) fungicides, (c) PCBs, (d) insecticides, (e) total bacteria counts, (f) faecal coliforms and (g) faecal streptococci in water intended for human consumption supplied by the Thames water authority from the Hampton treatment works;
(3) if he will list in the Official Report the number of breaches in 1988 in the EEC guide levels and maximum concentrations for (a) chlorides, (b) sulphates, (c) magnesium, (d) sodium, (e) potassium, (f) nitrates, (g) aluminium, (h) nitrites and (i) phenols in water intended for human consumption supplied by the Thames water authority from the Hampton treatment works.
§ Mr. MoynihanI understand from Thames water authority that the water leaving the Hampton treatment works complied with the standards set in the EC drinking water directive for all the parameters listed by the hon. Member during 1988 except for a single sample which exceeded the herbicide standard.
I have no information in relation to EC guide levels.