River Trent: Pollution
Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Written answers and statements, 4 November 2009
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many reported incidents of pollution in the (a) River Trent and (b) River Tame there have been in each of the last three years.
Huw Irranca-Davies (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Marine and Natural Environment), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Ogmore, Labour)
The following table shows the number of incidents of pollution reported to the Environment Agency over the last three years in the locations specified.
| Number of incidents per year | ||
| River Trent | River Tame | |
| 2007 | 51 | 52 |
| 2008 | 58 | 35 |
| 2009 | 53 | 29 |
| Total | 162 | 116 |
The majority of these incidents were classed as minor and had a limited impact on the water environment. Only 10 of these incidents had a major or significant impact; five on the River Trent and five on the River Tame.