Derbyhaven Beach Gets Marine Conservation Society Recommendation
Only one of the 18 beach’s tested in the Isle of Man by the Marine Conservation Society was recommended this was Derbyhaven in Malew. Although only 4 beach’s failed. The report can be read in short below or in full from the Society website
Isle of Man – 1 beach is MCS Recommended on the Isle of Man this year, down from 2 last year. A total of 4 beaches failed the European legal minimum standard. The island undoubtedly suffered from the wettest summer on record but water quality on about a third of the tested beaches bore the brunt of any storm pollution run-off remarkably well. However, the IRIS sewage treatment plant came online in April 2004 and bathing water quality as a whole is still not what MCS expected from a facility costing an estimated £170 million - about £2,300 per person. The north and west of the island have yet to be the sea at a number of places around the island, including Peel.