To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many E. coli per 100 ml. of water were found in the 1988 bathing water survey at Saundersfoot.

The information is shown in the following table:

Sample
Date	Time	E. coli per 100 ml
18 May 1988	1145	20
1 June 1988	1215	110
8 June 1988	1215	800
15 June 1988	1200	10
22 June 1988	1200	170
29 June 1988	1230	15,000
6 July 1988	1230	<100
13 July 1988	1200	200
20 July 1988	1200	1,300
27 July 1988	1200	600
3 August 1988	1045	500
10 August 1988	1215	500
11 August 1988	1210	100
17 August 1988	1145	600
24 August 1988	1150	400
31 August 1988	1200	600
13 September 1988	1215	600
14 September 1988	1145	100
21 September 1988	1200	155
26 September 1988	1230	300

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the actual E. coli figures for the three samples in Swansea bay which failed the EEC coliform directive in the summer of 1988.

The information is shown in the following table:

Sample
Date	Time	E. coli per 100 ml
28 June 1988	0945	2,100
31 August 1988	1200	11,000
27 September 1988	1200	5,200

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what was the highest level of E. coli per 100 ml found in the 1988 bathing water survey at (a) Cold Knapp, Barry, and (b) Oxwich bay;(2) what was the highest level of total coliforms per 100 ml found in the 1988 bathing water survey at

The information requested is contained within the 1988 bathing water survey report, a copy of which, as the hon. Member will know, has already been placed in the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the details of those samples in (a) Kinmel bay, (b) Rhyl and (c) Cold Knapp, Barry, sampled during the 1988 bathing water survey which failed to conform to the standards of the EEC coliform directive; and if he will make a statement.

The information is shown in the following table:

Date	Time of sample	Total Coliforms per 100 ml	E Coli per 100 ml
Kimnel Bay1
4 July 1988	1140	24,500	3,100
29 August 1988	1130	11,000	2,940
1 September 1988	1130	>50,000	4,400
28 September 1988	1120	12,200	4,700
Rhyl1
5 May 1988	1150	23,600	—
29 July 1988	0850	>30,000	5,300
29 August 1988	1055	17,400	8,400
I September 1988	1240	11,300	2,600
28 September 1988	1045	10,700	2,090
Cold Knapp2
26 September 1988	0935	12,100	4,700
27 September 1988	1350	32,000	20,000
1 Total number of samples taken 21.
2 Total number of samples taken 18.

The samples which failed account for only a small proportion of those taken throughout the 1988 season. The medians were much lower. The Welsh water authority has in hand a programme of remedial works to ensure full compliance with the EC bathing water directive of all listed bathing waters in the Principality.