Water Supply
(asked on 19th July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the level of water stress in each water company area throughout England.
The Environment Agency published the classification of water stress in England and Wales in July 2013 which updated the original assessment in 2007. The report can be found here:
The Environment Agency actively monitors the environment and water resources. The Agency has stepped up its monitoring since the dry weather last month including monitoring river flows and levels, groundwater levels, abstraction compliance and environmental impacts.