§ Dr. Kim HowellsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, by water authority, the sewage treatment works which are allowed by derogation, to discharge raw sewage or partly treated sewage in the River Severn and its tributaries.
§ Mr. Baldry[holding answer 17 December 1990]: Effluent discharges from sewage treatment works operated by the water service companies are subject to control by the National Rivers Authority under the provisions of the Water Act 1989. There are no derogations from these controls. Particulars of consents granted for discharges into the River Severn, its tributaries and the Severn estuary are entered on the public registers which are available for inspection at the relevant regional offices of the National Rivers Authority.