80 Storm overflows

Storm overflows

80  Storm overflows

(1)     In Part 4 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (sewerage services), after Chapter 3 insert—

“Chapter 4
Storm Overflows
141A Storm overflow discharge reduction plan

(1)     The Secretary of State must prepare a plan for the purposes of—

(a)     reducing discharges from the storm overflows of sewerage undertakers whose area is wholly or mainly in England, and

(b)     reducing the adverse impacts of those discharges.

(2)     The reference in subsection (1)(a) to reducing discharges of sewage includes—

(a)     reducing the frequency and duration of the discharges, and

(b)     reducing the volume of the discharges.

(3)     The reference in subsection (1)(b) to reducing adverse impacts includes—

(a)     reducing adverse impacts on the environment, and

(b)     reducing adverse impacts on public health.

(4)     The plan may in particular include proposals for—

(a)     reducing the need for anything to be discharged by the storm overflows;

(b)     treating sewage that is discharged by the storm overflows;

(c)     monitoring the quality of watercourses, bodies of water or water in underground strata into which the storm overflows discharge;

(d)     obtaining information about the operation of the storm overflows.

(5)     When preparing the plan the Secretary of State must consult—

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