Discharges were made from five outfall pipes around the Isle of Wight over the last 24 hours.

Two were in the Bay area, affecting beaches at Sandown, Shanklin, Yaverland, and Whitecliff Bay and one was the Norton Transfer - off Fort Victoria.

There where also discharges at Ryde and Cowes, but Southern Water says they will not affect bathing water 'due to tidal conditions'. 

The utility firm also insists what is pumped out is a mix of 95 per cent rainwater.

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There were also discharges into the Solent, off Cowes and Ryde, for combined total of around 13 and half hours, on Wednesday.

The Springhill Cowes Transfer pipe, close to the Red Funnel terminal in Cowes, and the Appley Park pipe were both affected.

New Defra measures to tackle discharges, made to stop aging drainage systems overflowing, are being brought it - but not until 2035 at the earliest.

It will involved capping the number of times discharges can be made. It is worth noting that the Isle of Wight appears to be already nearing that limit, in the first few weeks of autumn.

The official swimming season runs until September 30, when water is no longer monitored in the same way by the Environment Agency - there are calls for it to be extended all year.

Southern Water's Beachbuoy monitoring site is also changing.

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It will continue to publish data, but the firm said said: "We upgraded the map to take into account the impact a release has on a local bathing water, based on the location of the outfall, the duration of the release and tidal conditions at the time.

"For instance, if the outfall is 5km out to sea, the release was short and the tidal conditions meant there could be no impact on a bathing water, we no longer turn the bathing water icon red (the outfall icon will remain red to indicate a release).

"This information is still in the release table however, to provide a transparent view of all our releases."