AQW 32932/22-27
Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry
Tabled Date: 07/10/2025
Answered On Date: 30/10/2025
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of Pollution Risk Forecasts issued for designated bathing waters, in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency.
Answer:
The bathing water quality prediction app, ‘Swim NI’, provides daily pollution forecasts of bathing water quality at six beaches, enabling bathers to make an informed choice about potential exposure to bacteria that can cause illness. This project has provided predictions for four bathing seasons (2022-2025) and is a collaboration between my Department, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute and Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful. The number of predictions over the last 4 bathing seasons per constituency are as follows: Constituency (Bathing water(s) in italics) | Year | | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | East Londonderry Castlerock, Portrush Curran | 214 | 214 | 214 | 214 | East Antrim Waterfoot | 107 | 107 | 107 | 107 | North Down Ballyholme | 107 | 107 | 107 | 107 | Strangford Ballywalter | 107 | 107 | 107 | 107 | South Down Newcastle | 107 | 107 | 107 | 107 |
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