Should I swim in the river or at the beach?
Summer is ending and you may be tempted to go for a swim in the river instead of the sea for a change, with just under half of the new bathing water sites announced this year being in rivers. So …
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 …