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Sea Life beach cleans

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Blackpool SEA LIFE Beach Cleans

April 21, 2018

How much do you love your beach? Join the Blackpool SEA LIFE Centre Team on a beach clean one weekend

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  • Start April 21, 2018 10:00 am
  • End April 21, 2018 12:00 pm
  • Lifeboat Station, Opp Blackpool SEA LIFE

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Beach clean with Tim Farron

April 28, 2018

Come along and help clean up South Lakeland's with LOVEmyBEACH and Tim Farron

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Bispham Coastal Care

April 30, 2018

Come along to help keep Bispham coast clean and free of litter

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  • Highlands Pub

Bowness on Solway beach clean

May 5, 2018

Come along to help clean up the beach at Bowness on Solway on the Solway Coast AONB

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  • Bowness on Solway

Potts Corner, Middleton beach clean

May 6, 2018

Come along to join a friendly group of volunteers help keep the Cumbria coast clean

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  • Potts Corner

West Kirby beach clean with the High Tidiers

May 6, 2018

Come along to help keep West Kirby beach clean and beautiful!

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  • West Kirby

Cleveleys Beach Care

May 6, 2018

Come and join a friendly group for a beach clean at Cleveleys to do your bit to love the beach

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  • Cleveleys Beach

Knott End Beach Clean

May 8, 2018

Come and join us for the monthly Knott End beach clean, meeting at the car park by the ferry slipway at 10 am

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  • Knott End

Allonby South Beach Clean, Solway Coast

May 8, 2018

Come along to join a friendly group of volunteers help keep the Solway coast clean

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  • Allonby South

Hest Bank Beach Clean

May 12, 2018

Come along to join a friendly group of volunteers help keep the Morecambe Bay coast clean

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  • Hest Bank

Hightown beach clean

May 13, 2018

Come and join a friendly team for a beach clean at Hightown beach to do your bit to love the beach!

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  • Hightown

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Friends of Lytham Estuary beach clean

Every Monday

Friends of the Estuary group meet every Monday at 10.15 am to clean the beach from Lytham Lifeboat Station

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St Annes BeachCare group

Every Tuesday

Come and join the St Annes BeachCare Group who meet every Tuesday morning at 10 am at St Annes Pier to care for the beach. All equipment provided, just turn up on the day

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Fairhaven CoastalCare Group

Every Wednesday

The Fairhaven CoastalCare Group volunteers head out each Wednesday at 10 am to show they LOVEmyBEACH!

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Rossall Point observation tower

Rossall Point Beach Clean

Every Thursday

We're looking for more volunteers - if you have time to spare on a Thursday morning then come along and help care for the beach at Rossall Point!

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Starr gate beach clean

St Annes North Beach Clean

Every Thursday

Come and join the new St Annes North Beach Clean Group every Thursday at 10 am

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Water quality

The Environment Agency monitors bathing waters – stretches of sea or lake where many people swim and paddle – to assess whether they meet the strict standards of the European Bathing Water Directive. The standards are set to protect public health and the environment from pollution.

The Environment Agency takes 20 water samples at each bathing water between May and September each year and post the information online: http://environment.data.gov.uk/bwq/profiles/

The samples are tested for certain types of bacteria: escherichia coli (E.coli) and intestinal enterococci, which are not directly harmful but indicate the presence of pollution. The bacteria are found in the intestines of animals and humans and pass through the body in poo. High levels of bacteria = poor water quality.

However, the water may be cleaner on the actual day you visit the beach, as the quality can change, particularly after heavy rain washes pollution into rivers and the sea. Look out for daily forecasts at some beaches.

Each beach is also given an annual classification. From 2015 this is based on sample results over the previous four years, e.g. 2015 results use data from 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. 2016 results use data from 2013 to 2016 and so on. The classifications are:

Excellent

The standard is the highest, cleanest class

Good

Generally good water quality

Sufficient

The water meets the minimum standards

Poor


Bathing is not advised at this beach as water quality has not met sufficient standards

If a bathing water is classed as Poor, you are advised not to bathe because samples taken over the previous four years have been affected by pollution. This does not mean the beach is closed – you can still enjoy everything the beach has to offer.

If a water sample has high levels of bacteria, analysis is done to estimate* the sources of pollution and work is planned in the area to improve water quality. When this work is significant and is expected to help improve bathing water quality, the four years of data for the annual classification starts from the time the work is completed and sample data from before the work are not included. This is called step change.

*Estimates are based on computer modelling, DNA analysis, and knowledge of the local area. The estimates can never be perfect because pollution to bathing waters changes from day to day depending on the season, the tides and the weather.

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