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Majority of England’s bathing waters meet strict quality standards

A huge majority of England’s bathing waters continue to meet rigorous quality standards, new figures from Defra reveal.

Nearly 80 per cent of England’s bathing waters met the tightest guideline standard with close to 98 per cent meeting the European Commission’s minimum water quality threshold in 2011.

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