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Wales has the best bathing water quality in the UK

Water quality in Wales has improved significantly over the past two decades. Find out about bathing water quality near you

16 May 2019

A new section of the North Wales coast is now the 105th official bathing water in Wales after being designated by Welsh Government.

11 May 2016

The 2016 Bathing Water sampling season begins next week.

02 Nov 2015

New EU results have shown all identified bathing waters in Wales have met new stricter European classifications for water quality.

09 Nov 2018

Pollution prevention work around Wiseman’s Bridge has paid off, as its bathing water quality, which was poor just a few years ago, is now “excellent”, the prerequisite water quality required for a Blue Flag award.

01 Nov 2018

The quality of Wales’ bathing waters is 100% compliant with EU standards for the first time since 2015.

The update gives the latest information on the River Basin Management Plans and promotes stories of delivering improvements to the water environment.

01 Jun 2016

Clean bathing waters are important for the economy, for our coastal communities and for wildlife in our seas.

29 May 2018

There’s a busy few months ahead for the Natural Resources Wales (NRW) water sampling teams who will spend the summer monitoring the quality at Bathing Waters across Wales.

15 May 2014

Teams from Natural Resources Wales are visiting beaches across Wales to take the first of over 2000 samples of the 2014 bathing water season.

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18 Jul 2014

As the half way point in the bathing water season arrives, Llyn Padarn, Wales’s first designated freshwater bathing lake is scoring top results and proving to have excellent water quality.

We need to improve the quality of water in Wales’s rivers, streams, lakes, estuaries, coastal waters and groundwaters so that it meets the standards required by the EU Water Framework Directive.

The Water Framework Directive requires specification of protected areas for those areas designated for the protection of economically significant species. This list are those protected areas previously designated under the repealed Shellfish Waters Directive which are now specified under the Water Framework Directive.

In order to register an exempt water discharge activity or groundwater activity you must read and understand the appropriate guidance below.