Nearly 150 beaches in Devon and Cornwall break water quality records, the Environment Agency says.
The EA said that, as well as meetings its standards, "most beaches met the highest international standards for water quality cleanliness where we bathe".
It added that there had been "relatively few reports of pollution .... this summer, which is a credit to everyone maintaining and improving our bathing waters". Work with South West Water had also continued to locate and fix where foul water was wrongly connected to drains leading to beaches, it said.
EA environment manager Bruce Newport said: "Now the challenge is to work collaboratively with everyone to keep our healthy waters in an excellent state for people to enjoy.The water quality ratings come after recent pollution incidents, including one at St Agnes, Cornwall, in October which
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