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Annual water quality Pollution update
Somerset West and Taunton
Blue Anchor West 
Sampled 150 days ago 12-Sep
2024:

poor
Advice against bathing image Bathing is not advised
Dunster Beach 
Sampled 150 days ago 12-Sep
2024:

poor
Advice against bathing image Bathing is not advised
Minehead Terminus 
Sampled 150 days ago 12-Sep
2024:

sufficient
Pollution forecasts will resume when the season starts
Porlock Weir 
Sampled 153 days ago 09-Sep
2024:

excellent
Pollution forecasts will resume when the season starts

Key

Icon warning bathing-water users against bathing
Bathing is not advised
Annual classification: excellent water quality
Annual classification: good water quality
Annual classification: sufficient water quality
Annual classification: poor water quality
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Indicates the class that would have been given if the new bathing water standards had been in force.