Water: Standards
Commons · Question 15605 · Tabled 21 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure high quality water in bathing water designated areas inland.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 27 Nov 2024
Designated bathing waters are monitored by the Environment Agency (EA) throughout the bathing season which enables them to assess what action is needed to improve water quality. Sites which receive classifications of poor standard will be subject to an ac...