Talk:Sewage discharge in the United Kingdom

Role of the EU?
Glad to see this article here, since this topic is so much the focus of national discussion here in the UK. What I know about this topic is only from my own memory, but didn't the European Union mandate water quality monitoring at Britain's coasts? Over my adult life, I think there has been an increase in water quality at beaches, then a recent decrease, and this article would be extra informative for me if it gave some historical context for the changes in sewage discharge over the past few decades. Or maybe my memory is wrong, in which case knowing what authorities collected information about water quality, and what the typical ratings were, would be good for me to know. MartinPoulter (talk) 17:19, 4 February 2024 (UTC)