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Find out what information must be displayed at designated bathing waters.
Find out about the quality of water at England’s beaches and inland waters and signage rules for local councils.
Check the tariff classification for a shower-bath in the form of a flat tray.
Check the tariff classification for antimicrobial bathing systems.
Guidance and application forms to designate or de-designate a coastal or inland water as a bathing water.
Reforms to modernise bathing waters could see swimmers enjoying cleaner water and flexible seasons, as government states plans to bolster bathing water rules.
Further action is needed to improve bathing water quality
Baroness Taylor visits Dawdon mine water treatment scheme to see how mine water heat will power 750 low-carbon homes, a pioneering step for sustainable heat.
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