§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list by water company area(a) the date by which he expects the drinking water standards set in the EC drinking water quality directive to be met and (b) the number of people currently supplied from non-complying sources.
§ Mr. Baldry[holding answer 13 June 1991]: The current programme of improvements is incorporated in undertakings under section 20 of the Water Act 1989 and in conditions attached to authorisations under regulation 4 of the Water Quality Regulations, all of which are in the Library. Most breaches of the standards will have been remedied by the end of 1995. Statistics of the number of people currently supplied from non-complying sources are not readily available. All public water supplies already comply with the great majority of the standards in the EC drinking water directive.