Help protect our beaches
Field Officer Ruth talks about our work sampling bathing water.
Better bathing water quality; better health and wellbeing
A look into the LOVEmyBEACH project.
Science behind the samples
Laboratory scientist, Sean, takes us through the science behind bathing water monitoring.
Sun, sea and samples
Lucy takes us through a day in the life of a bathing water sampler #WaterWarrior
Visiting the River Wharfe
The Chair of the Environment Agency, Emma Howard Boyd, visited the River Wharfe in Ilkley, Yorkshire, last week.
Update on bathing waters in England
Due to lockdown restrictions, the Environment Agency had to pause sampling at bathing waters for much of this year’s season to adhere with social distancing and to protect the safety of field, office and laboratory staff.
Don’t tell everyone how great our beaches are or they’ll all want to come!
30 years in the job and I’m still being approached by members of the public commenting on just how fabulous our beaches are. There’s not many people who can count themselves lucky enough to go to the beach every day …
Organisations unite for #binit4beaches campaign
Turning Tides is a cross-agency partnership working together to do everything possible to improve the quality of bathing waters in North West England. Five years ago the partnership generated the LOVEmyBEACH campaign as a method to engage with the general …
A tale as old as time...the beauty of the beach
We've got to work together to have any chance of protecting our seas. Of course Southern Water has a massive part to play and we've invested millions of pounds to reduce our impact on bathing water quality. But …
Environmental performance of the water and sewerage companies in 2016
Water is a precious resource - essential to everyone and everything. Our goal is a water environment that is cleaner, healthier and managed in a way that is more resilient to flood and drought. Water and sewerage companies play a …