"Growing Number Of Sewage Monitors In England’s Bathing Waters ‘Broken’"

"New analysis of Environment Agency data by Lib Dems shows more than 100 systems are faulty"

"An increasing number of sewage monitors in England’s swimming spots are broken, new analysis has shown, meaning unknown quantities of raw sewage may be present in bathing waters.

New analysis of 2022 Environment Agency data by the Liberal Democrats has shown that more than 100 sewage monitors in bathing waters were faulty. This is an increase on 2021, when 88 of the monitors were broken.

Fifty-two of these monitors were found to have been faulty in both 2021 and 2022. Some beaches, including Seaford beach in Sussex, had a completely nonfunctional monitor, and others had no monitor at all."

Annalise Murray reports for the Guardian August 3, 2023.