01 Feb 2022

Bathing water classifications for 2021 show that 99% of bathing waters in England have passed water quality standards following testing by the Environment Agency at over 400 designated sites. Of these, 94.7% of beaches and inland waters gained an ‘Excellent’ or ‘Good’ rating while 4.3% achieved the minimum ‘Sufficient’ rating. This compares with 98.3% passing […]

05 Oct 2021

From Water UK Water industry calls for a wave of bathing rivers as part of a new national plan to improve the health of English rivers Water companies want government, agriculture, and other sectors to come together and help create a series of bathing rivers across the country Research shows the many sources of pollution […]

10 Nov 2020

The latest water quality report from Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) reveals that Between 1st October 2019 and 30th September 2020, a total of 2,941 Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) discharge notifications were issued through the Safer Seas Service, a real time alert system for sea water users of pollution releases which is based on information they […]

15 Feb 2016

Bathing waters, Defra 26 January 2016, see all updates Part of: Water, Environmental management and Marine Information about bathing waters for bathers and local authorities. Contents Information for bathers 2015 UK bathing water monitoring results Designations and de-designations of bathing waters Information for local authorities Annual reports for UK bathing water monitoring results before 2015 […]