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Bathing water quality compliance reports

Monitoring reports showing if designated bathing waters in England meet regulatory standards and how they've been classified.

Documents

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Details

The Environment Agency closely monitors beaches and inland waters that are designated bathing waters to check that standards are being maintained.

They must publish the official statistics and classifications awarded.

Bathing waters can be classified as 바카라 사이트˜excellent바카라 사이트™, 바카라 사이트˜good바카라 사이트™, 바카라 사이트˜sufficient바카라 사이트™ or 바카라 사이트˜poor바카라 사이트™.

Updates to this page

Published 14 November 2017
Last updated 26 November 2024 show all updates
  1. Added the bathing water classifications for 2024.

  2. Added the bathing water classifications for 2023.

  3. Added the bathing water classifications for 2022.

  4. Added the 2021 compliance report.

  5. Updated entries in the 2019 Bathing water classifications: 09000 Cleethorpes- from Good to Excellent and 09600 Ingoldmells South - from Good to Excellent.

  6. Added the 2019 compliance report.

  7. 2018 compliance report updated to correct the classification for Southend Three Shells from 바카라 사이트œGood바카라 사이트 to 바카라 사이트œExcellent".

  8. Added the 2018 compliance report.

  9. 2017 compliance report updated to correct the classification for Crackington Haven from 바카라 사이트œGood바카라 사이트 to 바카라 사이트œExcellent".

  10. First published.

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