HC Deb 29 April 1996 vol 276 c339W
Mrs. Helen Jackson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the current percentage level of maximum groundwater in each of the water company areas; and what it was(a) six months ago and (b) one year ago. [27099]

Site Aquifer1 Percentage of historic maximum level for month
March 1996 October 1995 March 1995
Anglian
Washpit Farm (Norfolk) C 86 94 98
Redlands Hall (Hertfordshire) C 78 74 100
Keelby Grange (N. Lincolnshire) C 34 70 95
New Red Lion (S. Lincolnshire) LL 63 47 88
Northumbrian
Rushyford (Durham) ML 99 99 99
Skirwith (Cumbria) S 99 100 100
Southern
Westdean (E. Sussex) C 35 35 88
Compton House (W. Sussex) C 60 52 90
Little Bucket Farm (Kent) C 72 84 100
Chilgrove House (W. Sussex) C 66 46 88
Severn Trent
Alstonfield (N. Derbyshire) CL 86 87 93
South West
Lime Kiln Way (Dorset) C 100 101 100
Bussels (E. Devon) S 96 98 98
Thames
The Holt (Hertfordshire) C 95 98 86
Therfield Rectory (Hertfordshire) C 82 83 94
Rockley (Wiltshire) C 95 95 100
Ampney Crucis (Gloucestershire) MJ 99 97 99
Wessex
Ashton Farm (Dorset) C 99 93 99
West Woodyates Manor (Dorset) C 85 64 89
Welsh
Llanfair D. C. (Clwyd) S 99 99 100
Yorkshire
Dalton Holme (E. Riding) C 59 56 87
Wetwang (E. Riding) C 65 87 73
Peggy Ellerton (W. Riding) ML 92 93 94
1 Aquifer codes: C = Chalk and Upper Greensand; CL = Carboniferous Limestone; LL = Lincolnshire Limestone; MJ = Middle Jurassic limestones; ML = Magnesian Limestone; S = Permo-Triassic sandstones.