We recognised the importance of bathing water quality to the local communities around Thanet and beach users.

BBC: Margate

In March, wet weather was also blamed for a fall in the number of Welsh beaches reaching the top EU bathing water standard in the Marine Conservation Society's Good Beach Guide.

BBC: Whitesands Bay in Pembrokeshire

On summer weekends, 16-year-old Ellis Cooper-Frater heads to the beach with his swim cap, bathing suit and bagpipes.

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Crack open Lady of the Snakes on the beach, and I predict your funny bone and brain will be exercised while your bathing suit stays dry.

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After surveys of high litter levels and poor bathing water quality in the past, he set up special "beach summits" to try to tackle the problem.

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The wettest summer on record has been blamed for a Weston-super-Mare beach failing a bathing water quality test.

BBC: Weston Uphill Slipway beach fails water quality standard

"We are urging the government and beach managers to adopt a mandatory national scheme to provide permanent public information about storm pollution on every bathing beach, " said Mr Bell.

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