Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider designating new water quality monitoring locations north of Largs in the Clyde estuary.
A comprehensive range of monitoring activities are undertaken across Scotland for a variety of purposes. This includes for public health, at designated bathing waters, and assessing the state of the water environment. No new monitoring activities are planned in the Clyde estuary north of Largs.
SEPA prepares and carries out a programme of monitoring to assess the status of the water environment. SEPA’s monitoring plans are risk-based. The Firth of Clyde inner and Largs Channel, both achieve good status, meeting their environmental objectives. More information is available here: Monitoring | Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).