Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 98505
Water: Standards
Tabled: 9 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve water quality monitoring in designated bathing areas.
Answer
Emma HardyThe Environment Agency (EA) monitors designated bathing waters above the minimum frequency required in the Bathing Water Regulations during the bathing water season. Most sites are sampled weekly, following World Health Organisation recommendations and to...
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