{"id":58819,"date":"2015-07-06T14:30:32","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T14:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=f32bc0e6e2c5a16784470c1c70bec195"},"modified":"2015-07-06T14:30:32","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T14:30:32","slug":"press-release-help-improve-bathing-water-quality-in-scarborough-south-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=58819","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Help improve bathing water quality in Scarborough South Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>As the temperatures rise and people head to Scarborough South Bay\u2019s bathing beach, the Yorkshire Bathing Water Partnership is reminding people to do their bit to improve bathing water quality. <\/p>\n<p>Officers from the Environment Agency, Scarborough Borough Council and Yorkshire Water will be out and about on Tuesday, 7 July as part of the second pollution prevention day in the area. The day is part of a wider campaign to help drive the standard of the bathing water quality in Scarborough South Bay even higher.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the partnership focused efforts around the harbour area providing advice and guidance to harbour users. On Tuesday, the team will be extending the campaign, targeting seafront properties and beach users in addition to the harbour.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership want to highlight the effects of wrongly connected dishwashers and washing machines, waste that\u2019s not stored and disposed of correctly, harbour usage and feeding seabirds, and what can be done to minimise the impact.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Mullen from the Environment Agency said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s really important we get everyone doing what they can to minimise any impact on the bathing water quality. We\u2019ve been carrying out investigations into the sources of pollution over the past few months and data we\u2019ve gathered so far doesn\u2019t point to any one source in particular. We believe it\u2019s several small pollution sources, that when combined become more significant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The potential sources of pollution that can impact on bathing water quality are varied from misconnected drains to seabird droppings. We all have a role to play in minimising our impact and keeping our bathing waters clean, not just in Scarborough, but up and down Yorkshire\u2019s coastline.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The partnership will be promoting simple steps people can take such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Checking toilets, washing machines and other water using devices are connected to the foul sewage drain and not the surface water drain;<\/li>\n<li>Store waste securely in water tight containers and ensure it is disposed of correctly;<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t pour fats and oils down your sink;<\/li>\n<li>Boat operators ensure that no food, domestic or operational waste is dumped at sea;<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t feed seabirds as their droppings can affect water quality;<\/li>\n<li>Donkey and horse manure can affect water quality as can dog poo \u2013 make sure it\u2019s collected and disposed of correctly;<\/li>\n<li>Use toilets provided.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Scarborough South Bay saw an improvement in the level of bathing water quality following the completion of Yorkshire Water\u2019s scheme last year. However, this year sees the introduction of much tighter standards under the new Bathing Water Directive. This means that bathing waters will need to work even harder to achieve and maintain the standard required, and to enable resort beaches to apply for a Blue Flag.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The public can do their bit to keep water quality high<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}