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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...