Tell us about bathing water quality

Find out how to report bathing water pollution, tweet about your local beach or send us your photographs and films of beaches.

Report bathing water pollution

Report bathing water pollution by calling the incident helpline:

  • 0800 80 70 60

Please include the following information:

  • the name and location of the beach
  • the date and time that you saw pollution
  • your contact details so that we can get back to you.

Twitter

twitter logoTweet about your local beach to:

@EnvAgency using #bathing

Photographs and films

Two people on a beach looking through binocularsSend us your photographs and films of beaches to help promote the importance of clean beaches:

Please remember to:

  • include your contact details
  • tell us where and when your photos/films were taken.  You should also have permission from anyone in the photograph/film for them to appear online or in the media.

We’ll use this information to raise awareness of beach pollution and illustrate new pages of our website.  You might even see your photograph in the newspaper.