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The Environment Agency is working closely with partners to investigate the bathing water quality at a popular North East beach.
8 beaches in Cornwall and a beach in Bournemouth have been designated as bathing waters.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The Environment Agency has accepted an offer from Anglian Water to donate £50,000 to an environmental charity following a water pollution incident.
Following the liquid cyanide pollution 2 weeks ago the Environment Agency have now declared the water safe.
Environment Agency publishes State of the Environment: Water Quality report
Winston Reed said the effluent should have been flowing to a slurry store. But instead it was entering a tributary of the River Exe.
Yorkshire Water fined £45,000 for Doncaster pollution that led to lead to deaths of several hundred fish
New rules will be introduced which will save farmers money whilst also better protecting the water environment.
On 24 November, Mark and Anne Bennion pleaded guilty at Hereford Magistrates’ Court to charges related to the pollution of Preston Brook and the River Leadon.
New bathing water quality statistics show England's favourite swimming spots have maintained high standards.
Salmon population spreading in Derbyshire due to improved water quality and removal of barriers
Now is the time for domestic heating oil tanks to be checked
Environment Agency cooks up rapid response with Fire and Rescue following cooking oil spill in Derbyshire
Works to improve water quality are being carried out at bathing waters across the area, including some additional sampling at Clacton.
All 34 of the bathing waters in the North East have been classed as either ‘excellent’ or ‘good’, passing high standards for water quality.
Tesco Stores Ltd has been ordered to pay over £8million in fines and costs after pleading guilty to a pollution incident.
Thames Water Utilities Ltd sentenced in the largest freshwater pollution case ever taken by the Environment Agency
An Environment Agency funded partnership project to protect and preserve the Ouseburn River in the North East has started.
The Environment Agency visited businesses in Tyne & Wear in an operation to tackle environmental pollution.
Anglian Water Services Ltd will pay the Environment Agency costs as part of a civil sanction.
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