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Things just go on getting better

This year's 2002 Good beach guide (click here for the full report) recommends 341 beaches, which have achieved the best water quality this year.  This continues the steady improvement from 275 in 2001, and 215 in 2000.   Even better news is the decrease in the number failing the minimum E. U. standard for bathing water quality from 90 to 61 this year.   Here are the results by region. 

National Breakdown of Beaches in the Good Beach Guide 2002

The anti-privatisation lobby remain strangely silent on this news.  Could it be because the greatest improvement is occurring in England and Wales where the water and sewage treatment companies are privatised.   

Public companies still putting shit in the sea

Scotland, in contrast, which still has a nationalised water company has the lowest percentage of recommended beaches, the lowest improvement rate and is the only mainland region to have failed to reduce the number of beaches failing the mandatory standard.  

Of the larger regions, only Northern Ireland, which also still has a nationalised water company does worse.

The Isle of Man remains at the bottom of the pile.   No surprise to hear that it has still failed to privatise it’s water company. 

Let’s end with a quote from the 2002 Good Beach Guide: 

“The Isle of Man fares better this year with the first beach ever recommended in the Guide, but some bathing waters still do not pass the minimum requirements. Most of the sewage is discharged directly to sea via short sea outfalls, most with absolutely no treatment. This situation should change drastically with the coming on stream of the IRIS project (Integrated Recycling of the Island's Sewage). Progress with the project has been very slow - it will be at least three years before the first stage is completed.”

Click here for the 2001 report

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