Southern Water Services Limited

The complainant has requested information about sewer lining works, a wastewater pumping station and the monitoring and recording of downstream sewers. Southern Water Services Ltd (‘Southern Water’) disclosed relevant information and withheld a small amount under regulation 12(5)(a) of the EIR (public safety). The Commissioner finds that Southern Water was entitled to withhold the location of the sewer level monitor under regulation 12(5)(a), and that it holds no further relevant information beyond that already disclosed. However, its response wasn’t provided within the timescales required by regulations 5(2) and 14(2) of the EIR.

Correction: it has subsequently emerged that there was no breach of EIR regulations 5(2) and 14(2) in this case.