A council has been tasked with showing how it will protect water supplies amid the relief road build.
By Mike SheridanA council is having to show how it intends to protect water supplies before its controversial relief road can be built.
The council will now need to provide a drainage management plan showing how it will prevent any water contamination. That source, according to the Environment Agency , and supplier Severn Trent Water, could be impacted by works to realise the project, which runs over a "source protection zone" designed to safeguard water quality.
"The piling work involved poses notable risks to our groundwater abstractions, and we must have absolute clarity now on how the applicant will manage these risks during construction," the company said.
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