EIR: flooding incidents 2023

Louis Ramirez made this Environmental Information Regulations request to First Business Water as part of a batch sent to 48 authorities
You only have a right in law to access information about the environment from this authority

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, First Business Water should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Louis Ramirez
Delivered

Dear First Business Water,

Under the Environmental Information Regulations, 2004, and as validated by Fish Legal v Information Commissioner United Utilities plc Yorkshire Water Services Ltd and the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2015] UKUT 52 (AAC), which confirms that water companies, are a ‘public authority’ for the purposes of said regulations, I am requesting the following information:

- The full list of flooding incidents you were involved in in 2023, including those caused by faults in your infrastructure or maintenance.
- The full list of sewer flooding incidents caused by your infrastructure in 2023, including post code and number of properties affected.
- The number of sewer flooding incidents you are involved in 2023.
- The number of properties impacted by sewer flooding incidents you are involved in of in 2023.

Yours faithfully,
Louis Ramirez

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