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Petition · past parliament · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Create rights for full compensation for sewer flooding from sewerage undertakers

Closed 293 signatures

What the petition asks

Legislation needs to require statutory sewerage undertakers to pay full compensation for damage caused by sewer flooding, so they are fully accountable for any incentives to invest in infrastructure improvements.
We have been flooded 8 times by flooding from an overload of the sewer but currently there are minimal rights to compensation, and the statutory sewerage undertaker is not responsible for the cost of damage caused by flooding. Action is needed to increase rights for parties who suffer damage as a result of flooding, and create incentives for statutory sewerage undertakers to take action to prevent flooding.

Timeline

6 Aug 2021 Petition opened for signatures
6 Feb 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 293
Status Closed
Department Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Opened 6 Aug 2021
Closed 6 Feb 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.