Kirsty Davies, community water quality manager at Surfers Against Sewage said the new bathing sites were proof of the huge demand for clean, safe water.
“These communities have campaigned hard, and now we are watching closely to ensure regulators and polluters fulfil their responsibilities. Communities shouldn’t have to be the clean-up crew,” said Davies.
But she said the government was still not doing enough and the proposed summer testing was insufficient.
“Regulations are outdated and out of step with how people actually use the water. Sporadic summer monitoring is not enough and does not protect the year-round community of water users,.”
“The government can spin its plans all it likes, but the Clean Water Bill doesn’t come close to matching the scale of this crisis. It tinkers at the edges of a broken system.”