With just a few weeks to go before the summer holidays, the EU's environment agency (EEA) and the European Commission have presented quite satisfactory results for the bloc's bathing areas in 2020. However, some environmentalists have warned that this does not reflect "the true reality of our waters"
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Felixstowe South Beach and Pier has won the prestigious blue flag award
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Felixstowe South Beach and Pier has been named one of 76 Blue Flag rated beaches in England to have excellent water quality for swimming and is the only one in Suffolk.
The coastal awards for 2021 revealed only one Suffolk beach had made the top tier, while three others met the lower standard for the Seaside Award.
Lowestoft South of Claremont Pier, Kessingland and Southwold won the Seaside Award, alongside a number of Tendring District Council beaches; Clacton-on-Sea (Martello Tower), Frinton-on-Sea and Harwich.
The new Felixstowe Pier was opened in 2017 and cost £3million
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28.01.2021
A key part of Europump’s remit to serve the Europe-wide pump industry is to stage regular meetings of its internal Commissions.
Traditionally these gatherings have been hosted by one of its member organisations, and so have visited numerous European cities over the years. However, with the current level of Covid induced restrictions, a virtual approach needed to be adopted for its latest set of meetings.
The individual Standards and Technical Commission Meetings were staged during the week of 11th January 2021 and were attended by a record number of representatives from the national trade associations including National Secretaries and company experts that make-up the full Europump membership.