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- Secondary treatment of sewage as a minimum for all coastal
discharges throughout the UK.
- Immediate revision of the EC Bathing Water Directive to raise
the minimum bacteriological standards to a level which adequately
protects human health.
- Public notices on beaches failing the Mandatory Standard, at
times when sewage treatment is inoperative or intermittent discharges
are in operation.
- Identification and monitoring of all sites commonly used for
recreational water sports as well as bathing.
- Improvements to all intermittent discharges that pollute
receiving waters and strict all year round controls on discharges.
- Review of intermittent discharge consenting guidelines.
- Identification and treatment of all private outfalls.
- Strict penalties for failure to comply with discharge consents
and to implement improvements on time.
- Year round treatment of sewage - no consent should be given to
turn off treatments outside the bathing season.
- Development of a strategy for diffuse sources of bacterial and
nutrient pollution in coastal waters, particularly in areas sensitive to
such pollutants - estuaries, shellfish waters and bathing waters,
involving all stakeholders.
- Nitrate and phosphate stripping and biological oxygen demand
removal for all discharges affecting rivers, estuaries and sensitive
marine areas.
- Labelling of
sanitary and toiletry products with the correct disposal information:
Bag It and Bin It - Please don't flush it.
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