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Final year before bathing waters have to meet new water quality standards which are twice as strict.
Beaches around the country achieved top water quality standards this year as millions flocked to the coast to enjoy the record-breaking hot weather.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
This summer people can take a dip at more bathing beaches than ever before along the English coastline.
The £14 million beach management scheme moves a step closer to completion in Devon.
Litter pick benefits wildlife and visitors at Druridge Bay
Environment Agency contractors start work today on annual maintenance of the shingle embankment and beach between Snettisham and Hunstanton.
Works to improve water quality are being carried out at bathing waters across the area, including some additional sampling at Clacton.
Officers from the Environment Agency have found an unusual way to highlight the plastic waste problem on beaches.
Environment Agency contractors start work on 7 March 2016 maintaining the shingle embankment and beach between Snettisham and Hunstanton.
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.
The Dorset-based maker of pink-themed cleaning products didn't sign up to a scheme which helps recover and recycle waste from packaging.
8 beaches in Cornwall and a beach in Bournemouth have been designated as bathing waters.
Sellafield Ltd employees, contracting and community colleagues carried out a litter pick on Seascale beach to mark World Oceans Day 2018.
The Environment Agency are working together with Teignbridge District Council to explain to local businesses what happens if they pour fat, oils or other dirty liquids down their yard drains or road gullies.
The vast majority of England’s bathing waters continue to meet tough quality standards, new figures from Defra reveal.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
A holidaymaker has been rescued after getting stuck in mud in North Somerset.
From this week, the Environment Agency begins the annual water quality testing at over 400 popular bathing beaches.
It is important that the water people swim in is clean and healthy and this is what these designations are all about.
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England’s bathing season is officially open – and its best-loved seas and lakes are cleaner than ever.
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