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Find out how clean the water is on beaches and in other bathing areas in England, and if there is a problem with pollution
A new report recommends revising and expanding the Beach Management Manual originally published by CIRIA Construction Industry Research and Information Association in 1996.
A project to develop a costed framework of field, laboratory or theoretical studies to fill knowledge gaps to support the management of barrier beaches.
A guide from RoSPA on managing beach safety.
A knowledge review of beaches with mixed types of sediment and techniques to predict how they’ll respond to physical influences.
This project increased understanding of how beaches made of mixed materials such as sand and gravel behave in order to create models to predict their future behaviour.
A project investigating beach behaviour to support beach management and the design of coastal defence structures on shingle beaches.
A review of the current understanding of mixed beach processes, the method of predicting cliffing problems, and advice on best practice for beach recharge programmes.
This literature review investigates whether faecal bacteria can grow in association with seaweed and whether this increases their survival time in the environment.
Environment Agency sampling of Devon and Cornwall's 155 monitored beaches has started and will run through until the end of September.
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