Do your part to protect the water environment this Christmas
Our Area Environment Manager Rachael Caldwell looks at what we can all do to improve water quality over the festive season.
New water quality standards are in place at bathing beaches – so what’s changed?
There are over 400 bathing waters in England, and from 2016 water quality will be classified as either Excellent, Good, Sufficient or Poor, based upon regular samples and testing by the Environment Agency to check how clean the water is. …
Blue Flag Blackpool is turning the tide
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Neil Jack, Posted on:
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Cleaner Seas, Community, Greener business, tourism, Water
Close your eyes. If I tell you to imagine you’re at the British seaside, with the waves lapping at your feet and the sound of seagulls in the distance, then where do you think of? For millions of people across …
Turning the tide on poor water quality
The Environment Agency is involved with the Turning Tides partnership, which brings together organisations, local councils and community groups to improve the quality of local bathing waters. Keep Britain Tidy’s Chief Executive, Rich McIlwain, sets out how this partnership is …