A NEW electronic guide will help swimmers and locals using Burnham’s beaches to gauge the quality of the water.

The sign, on the wall of the Pier Street jetty, has been installed as new EU regulations on bathing water standards come into force over the next 12 months.

Wessex Water has announced it is already working on improving water quality in the area at its Highbridge water treatment facility.

A spokeswoman for Sedgemoor District Council explained: “It’s an upgraded way of communicating with beachgoers and will have a range of purposes.

“It will be used for the bathing water quality announcements which are currently written by hand and posted up for the public to view every day.

“The new sign means this can now be done remotely.”