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New eight week consultation launched on giving bathing water status to an area of the River Wharfe in Ilkley
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
An update on this year’s bathing season which runs from 15 May to 30 September 2020.
A project to help reinvigorate one of the biggest chalk streams in the country is another step closer to being completed
An extensive programme of testing is being carried out around Bridlington in a bid to find out sources impacting on bathing water quality.
Water company efforts to protect the environment were described as ‘simply unacceptable’ in an Environment Agency (EA) report published today (10 July) with only 1 of the major water and sewage companies in England performin…
Beach users in Suffolk and Norfolk might be surprised to see Environment Agency staff stride into the sea in their waders, but they are testing water quality.
Bedfordshire-based Water-to-Go secures distributors in Australia and New Zealand
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Sewage leaked from a manhole at South Sands Beach in 2012 and again during Easter Bank Holiday in 2017.
Wessex Water has offered to pay £975,000 to achieve equivalent environmental benefits following a series of sewage spills in Swanage Bay, Dorset.
Beaches around the country achieved top water quality standards this year as millions flocked to the coast to enjoy the record-breaking hot weather.
The Environment Agency is working closely with partners to investigate the bathing water quality at a popular North East beach.
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