UK bathing water ranks next from last in EU beach table
by Arthur Neslen from Environment | The Guardian on (#2QE5F)
20 sites fail safe bathing criteria stoking fears UK will once more be 'dirty man of Europe' after Brexit
The UK is second bottom in a league table ranking EU countries on the quality of their bathing water, stoking fears that the "dirty man of Europe" could be on his way home after Brexit.
96.4% of British beaches were found safe to swim in last year, but 20 sites failed the assessment in the annual survey by the European Environmental Agency (EEA) released on Tuesday. Only Ireland had a higher percentage of poor quality bathing waters at 4%.
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