questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that water companies assess the levels of lead in domestic drinking water supplies.
answerText: Lead pipes have not been permitted since 1970, but they may be present in older properties. To reduce the risk of lead leaching into water, water companies treat the water with orthophosphate which reduces the problem significantly. Any failure of the lea...
heading: Drinking Water: Lead