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Public access to the beach has been prohibited since 2008 by the owners of the harbour.", "_lang" : "en"} , "countyName" : {"_value" : "East Sussex", "_lang" : "en"} , "esoOutfallsStatement" : {"_value" : "This bathing water could be affected by a discharge to the River Ouse within the Harbour from the Beach Road storm overflow or the Fort Road storm overflow both to the east of the beach that can occur when heavy rainfall overwhelms the sewerage system. These outfalls are designed not to affect bathing water compliance.", "_lang" : "en"} , "historyStatement" : {"_value" : "The Newhaven Seaford long sea outfall was commissioned in 1991, and Shoreham and Worthing long sea outfalls in 1996. Treated sewage from Brighton and Hove is discharged from the 1.8km Brighton Portobello outfall, to the east of the bathing water. In 1998 a tunnel was constructed under Brighton and Hove beach to intercept and store storm water prior to treatment. further treatment was installed at Newhaven prior to 2001 and at Shoreham sewage treatment works and Worthing sewage treatment works prior to the 2002 bathing season.", "_lang" : "en"} , "localAuthority" : {"_about" : "http://location.data.gov.uk/id/au/localAuthority/ons:gss/E07000063-14700-2015", "label" : [{"_value" : "Lewes District Council", "_lang" : "en"} ]} , "macroAlgaeStatement" : {"_value" : "This bathing water does not have a history of large amounts of seaweed.", "_lang" : "en"} , "misconnectionsStatement" : {"_value" : "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.", "_lang" : "en"} , "name" : {"_value" : "2015 Bathing Water Profile for Newhaven", "_lang" : "en"} , "phytoplanktonStatement" : {"_value" : "This bathing water does not have a history of phytoplankton (microscopic algae) blooms.", "_lang" : "en"} , "pollutionRiskForecasting" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "source" : "http://environment.data.gov.uk/sources/bwq/eaew/input/2015_ea_profile_20151104-2015-11-04_15-38-44_721-0435.csv#row=0150", "standardLanguageCollection" : {"_about" : "http://environment.data.gov.uk/data/bathing-water-profile-standard-language/2015-14700:1", "algaeGeneralStatement" : {"_value" : "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.", "_lang" : "en"} , "esoOutfallsGeneralStatement" : {"_value" : "The majority of sewers in England are \u201ccombined sewers\u201d 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.", "_lang" : "en"} , "localAuthorityGeneralStatement" : {"_value" : "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.", "_lang" : "en"} , "pollutionManagementGeneralStatement" : {"_value" : "It is the Environment Agency role to drive improvement of water quality at bathing waters that are at risk of failing European 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.", "_lang" : "en"} , "stwOutfallsGeneralStatement" : {"_value" : "Discharges from sewage treatment works have improved substantially in England since the 1980s.", "_lang" : "en"} } , "streamsRiversStatement" : {"_value" : "The River Ouse flows adjacent to the beach. Within the river's catchment there are storm water outfalls which after periods of heavy rainfall could have an adverse affect on river water quality, as can runoff from agricultural land.", "_lang" : "en"} , "stwOutfallsStatement" : {"_value" : "Along this section of coastline there are a number of treated sewage treatment works (Newhaven, Shoreham, Worthing) all with long sea outfalls designed to protect bathing water compliance. The treated 1.8km outfall at Portobello will be replaced by the 2.5km Peacehaven outfall (built in 2010 to serve the new Brighton and Hove sewage treatment works due to be in service in 2012). These outfalls are designed to protect bathing water compliance.", "_lang" : "en"} , "versionString" : "1", "webResImage" : "http://environment.data.gov.uk/media/image/bathing-water-profile/ukj2203-14700_1-webres.jpg", "zoiDescription" : {"_value" : "The River Ouse starts about 40km inland. The natural drainage (hydrological) catchment surrounding the bathing water is about 57500 hectares including much of the Low Weald and the towns of Newhaven, Lewes, Uckfield and Haywards Heath.", "_lang" : "en"} } , "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ItemEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }