2018 Bathing Water Profile for Tynemouth Long Sands North
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Tynemouth Long Sands North Beach is a gently sloping sandy resort beach. The designated bathing beach measures approximately 500 metres in length and is the northern end of a one kilometre bay with the rocks near the centre marking the end of the designated area. The beach has a road access at its northern end and a short promenade to the headland that marks the northern end of the bay.
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North Tyneside
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Tyne & Wear
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The overflow from North Point pumping station is designed to only discharge with a storm intensity greater than 1 in 5 year return period. This bathing water is included in the Surfers Against Sewage “Safer Seas Service”. This service can alert you to Combined Storm Sewer Overflow discharges via a phone App and in addition, it includes the Environment Agency Pollution Risk Forecast warnings where they are available. Further details of the service can be found at - http://www.sas.org.uk/safer-seas-service/
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Crude sewage discharges in the Tynemouth Long Sands area were connected to the Tyneside interceptor sewer in the early 1980's via pumping station at North Point. The combined sewer overflow associated with this pumping station was reengineered in the early 1990s to discharge only with a storm intensity of 1 in 5 year return period. This scheme was designed to improve water quality.
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Environment Agency research suggests this bathing water does not have a history of large amounts of seaweed (macro algae).
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Modern sewerage systems have two separate systems, one takes foul sewage to sewage treatment, the other takes rainwater runoff through surface water drains to rivers, lakes and the sea. Misconnections occur when waste water pipes are plumbed into surface water drains instead of the foul water sewerage system. This can give rise to pollution when the waste water is discharged directly to the environment through the surface water drain. For example, a washing machine or toilet may be incorrectly plumbed so that it discharges to the surface drain rather than the foul sewage drain.
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Environment Agency research suggests this bathing water does not have a history of phytoplankton blooms.
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2018 Bathing Water Profile for Tynemouth Long Sands North
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2018-09-30
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2018-05-01
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Environment Agency samplers make observations of litter present on the beach at every visit, this includes assessments of sewage debris, litter and tar. At Tynemouth Long Sands North for the four year (2014-2017) assessment period where data is available, sewage debris was not noted at this site. Litter was not assessed as being sufficient to be objectionable, but was observed as being present on 31% of visits. Tarry residue was not noted at this site.
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The natural drainage (hydrological) catchment surrounding the bathing water is approximately one square kilometre, all of which is urban.
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Tynemouth Long Sands North
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Tynemouth Long Sands North
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Sampling point at Tynemouth Long Sands North
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436619
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55.0304197376092
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570803
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Sampling point at Tynemouth Long Sands North
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2018-05-01T00:00:00
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2018 09 30 t23:59:59
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2018-09-30T23:59:59
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2018 05000:1
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Seaweed (macroalgae) and phytoplankton (microscopic algae) are a natural part of the marine and freshwater environment. Below we note whether these have been recorded in quantities sufficient to be a nuisance.
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The majority of sewers in England are “combined sewers” and carry both sewage and surface water from roofs and drains. A storm overflow operates during heavy rainfall when the sewerage system becomes overwhelmed by the amount of surface water. The overflow prevents sewage from backing up pipes and flooding properties and gardens. An emergency overflow will only operate infrequently, for example due to pump failure or blockage in the sewerage system.
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Heavy rain falling on pavements and roads often flows into surface water drains or highway drains, ending up in local rivers and ultimately the sea. The quality of bathing water may be adversely affected as a result of such events.
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It is the Environment Agency role to drive improvement of water quality at bathing waters that are at risk of failing higher standards. It is natural for water to run off the land to the sea. Water quality at a bathing water is dependent upon the type and area of land (the catchment) draining to the water and the activities undertaken in that catchment.
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Discharges from sewage treatment works have improved substantially in England since the 1980s.
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