Another beach in England might loose its blue flag due to sewage pollution by the privatised water utility Wessex Water, itv News reports:
A popular Dorset beach could lose its Blue Flag status for the 2025 holiday season after a drop in water quality. The water at Weymouth’s main beach has gone from being rated ‘excellent’ to ‘good’, with councillors warning it will make the loss of the Blue Flag statues ‘almost inevitable’.
Dorset Council leader Nick Ireland is critical of what he describes as “decades of under-investment by Wessex Water”:
“Decades of under-investment by the privately owned Wessex Water to an ageing and increasingly not fit for purpose sewage system has made the loss of the Blue Flag status of Weymouth’s jewel in the crown beach almost inevitable.”
Source: itv News
