asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the nature of the recent survey of waste disposal sites made by his Department and involving the Institute of Geological Sciences; and what sites were considered to present a potential threat to water supplies.
Desk studies of some 3,000 sites in England and Wales were made by the Institute of Geological Sciences as part of a survey in 1972–73 of waste disposal sites to provide information for the authorities taking over waste disposal after local government reorganisation. These desk studies were reviewed by the then river authorities in the light of their more detailed knowledge of the site; of the wastes for which they were being used; of any operating restrictions already imposed; and of such monitoring as had been considered necessary.
Following are the sites which were considered, from the IGS desk studies, to present a theoretically serious risk to
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| Disused eastern end of Bromborough Pool, Bebington, Merseyside | No further action in the light of river authorites' review | |||
| Quarry Lane, Rotherham, South Yorkshire | … | … | … | Operating restrictions imposed |
| Edlington No. 2 Tip, Doncaster, South Yorkshire | … | … | … | Operating restrictions imposed |
| Moxley Road, Darlaston, Walsall, West Midlands | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Bull Lane, Moxley, West Midlands | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Spring Road, wolverhampton, West Midlands | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Hall Green Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Junction Road, Audnam, West Midlands | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Hoden Hill road, Halesowen, West Midlands | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Coombs Road, Halesowen, West Midlands | … | … | … | No further action in the light of river authorities' review |
| Healdfield, Brickworth Quarry, Healdfield Road, Castleford, West Yorkshire | Site use under surveillance | |||
| Lindslade Road, Heath and Reach, Bedfordshire | … | … | … | Site use under Surveillance |
| Station Farm, Buckden, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| New Cut Lane, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Tip No. 2/1, Lostock Gralam, Northwick, Cheshire | … | … | … | Operating restrictions imposed |
| Coatham Stob, Eaglescliffe, Durham Lane, Cleveland | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Park Farm, Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Slackhead, Beetham, Cumbria | … | … | … | No further action in the light of river authorities' review |
| Low Moor Farm, Parwich, Derbyshire | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Farm, off Slaley Lane, Slaley, Derbyshire | … | … | … | closed |
| Rockhall Quarry, Hayfield, Derbyshire | … | … | … | Closed |
| Crist Quarry, Buxworth, Derbyshire | … | … | … | Closed |
| Meadow Lane Tip, Long Eaton, Derbyshire | … | … | … | closed |
| Hartshead Quarry, Heathcote, Derbyshire | … | … | … | Operating restrictions imposed |
| Higher Kiln Quarry, Bampton, Devon | … | … | … | Operating restrictions imposed |
| Gallows Hill, Wareham, Dorset | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Eldon Hill Quarry, Eldon, Durham | … | … | … | No further action in the light of river authorities' review |
| Asheldham Refuse Tip, Asheldham, Southminster, Essex | … | … | … | No further action in the light of river authorities' review |
| Place Farm, Rowhedge Road, Colchester, Essex | … | … | … | No further action in the light of river authorities' review |
| Fetter Hill, Nr. Coleford, Gloucestershire | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Watery Lane, Barnt Green, Bromsgrove, Hereford and Worcester | … | … | … | Closed |
| Woldgate Tip, Bridlington, Humberside | … | … | … | No further action in the light of river authorities' review |
| Kiln Barn Road, Ditton, Maidstone, Kent | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Sand Pit, off Plain Road, Smeeth, Ashford, Kent | … | … | … | Closed |
| West Beckham Pit, West Beckham, Norfolk | … | … | … | Closed |
| Harford Bridges, Ipswich Road, Norwich, Norfolk | … | … | … | Closed |
| Kings Quarry Tip, Hutton Conyers, Ripon, North Yorkshire | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Refuse Disposal Site, Ellington Road, Ashington, Northumberland | … | … | … | No further action in the light of river authorities' review |
| Northbrook Farm, Kirklington, Oxfordshire | … | … | … | No further action in the light of river authorities' review |
| Eyres Lane, Ewelme, Oxfordshire | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Beggarbush Hill, Ewelme, Bullingdon, Oxfordshire | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Walton Well Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire | … | … | … | No further action in the light of river authorities' review |
| Rodhuish, Withycombe, Somerset | … | … | … | Closed |
| Treborough, Williton, Somerset | … | … | … | No further action in the light of river authorities' review |
| Landshire Lane, Henstridge, Somerset | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Hazelstrine disused Brickworks, Acton Trussel, Stafford, Staffordshire | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Cresswell, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Nacton Road, Ipswich, Suffolk | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Culford Road, Ingham, Suffolk | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Barley Mow Sandpit, Reigate Road, Betchworth, Dorking, Surrey | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Villa Farm, Wolvey, Warwickshire | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
| Baystone Farm, Itchingfield, Horsham, West Sussex | … | … | … | No further action in the light of river authorities' review |
| Moss Lane, Landgate, Lancashire | … | … | … | Site use under surveillance |
aquifers—whether or not the water was being abstracted—and the further action taken: