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Water: Standards

Commons · Question 123004 · Tabled 23 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 26 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions has she had with voluntary organisations and citizen science groups play in monitoring bathing water.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 26 Mar 2026

The Environment Agency has carried out a number of initiatives involving citizen scientists. For bathing waters it has recently rolled out the ‘Hello lamppost’ initiative where people can scan QR codes at specific bathing waters to provide it with informa...