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Environmental health

Bathing water monitoring

Southwick Beach looking westBeaches

Adur District Council no longer monitors the quality of the bathing water along the beaches. The Environment Agency now undertakes water sampling weekly from May to September, providing 20 samples for each bathing season. These samples are taken from beaches where there are usually the most bathers. In Adur District such beaches are located at Southwick, in front of Carats Cafe, and at South Lancing, by Lancing Beach Green. The samples are analysed so the data can be used to classify bathing waters as 'excellent', 'good' or 'poor'. This is a responsibility under the European Union Bathing Waters Directive, aiming to make sure public health is protected and to target areas that need improvement.

For information on this please contact the Environment Agency (see related external websites section below right). Alternatively, the appropriate results from 2003 to 2006 can be seen on the notice boards inside Carats Café and on Lancing Beach Green car park.

River Adur

Adur District Council does monitor water quality along the River Adur where water sports regularly occur. For copies of the monthly results or further information or please contact Environmental Support.

Wadur's swimming poolPublic and private swimming pools

Water quality testing at pools such as Wadurs and Lancing College is undertaken, but as these pools are privately owned or run Adur District Council are not free to issue any results.

Being open to the public these pools have a responsibility to be tested frequently but for results you should contact the pool owners or operators directly.

 

 

 

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Contact details :

Environmental Support,
Adur District Council,
Civic Centre, Ham Road,
Shoreham-by-Sea,
West Sussex, BN43 6PR
Tel : (01273) 263331 or 263332
Fax : (01273) 263014
Minicom : (01273) 263060
Send Environmental Support an e-mail
website : www.adur.gov.uk

To report an environmental health complaint / issue please use this on-line form

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Related sections on this website :

Drinking water safety :

Ditch water pollution :

Drought :

River Adur :

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Related external websites :

Environment Agency (www.environment-agency.gov.uk)

Southern Water (www.southernwater.co.uk)

The Water Guide website (www.water-guide.org.uk)

www.water-pollution.org.uk :

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