DEFRA consultation on changes to bathing water regulations

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is consulting on reforms to The Bathing Water Regulations 2013. (SI 2013/1675) Consultation published 12^th November and closes 23^rd December. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reforms-to-the-bathing-water-regulations-2013. The changes include removal of automatic de-designation after five years of ‘poor’ water quality, changes to the designation criteria of bathing sites, removing the fixed dates of the bathing season from regulations, changes to the definition of “bathers” and the introduction of multiple monitoring points at bathing sites.