The Environment Agency has chosen Meteor Communications to issue bathing water alerts via text and email during the May to September bathing season to warn of bathing water quality issues.
The Bathing Water Regulations 2013 require the Environment Agency to monitor and report bathing water around English coasts and designated inland bathing waters. To forecast the quality of bathing water, the Agency’s Bathing Water Pollution Risk Forecasting system models factors such as weather and tides using this data.
Meteor Communications will be responsible for sending daily and intra-day Pollution Risk Forecast notification messages to Environment Agency Bathing Water Alerts Area Leads, as well as Local Authorities responsible for managing beach access and signage. Digital public information signs located at some beach locations will also receive these notifications.
Bathing water quality is a highly topical issue
Meteor Director Andrew Scott says, “Water quality and communications are two of our key specialisms, so we are delighted to have been awarded this contract. Bathing water is a highly topical issue, so it is gratifying to be able to help.”
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