Water quality deteriorating in sea areas

Less-developed areas of coastal regions see fewer effects of inland pollution

Water quality in the country's offshore areas is deteriorating, even though the amount of wastewater discharged into the sea dropped last year, a report has found.

About 68 percent of water in the country's offshore area was found to be fairly good in 2017, down by 5.6 percentage points from 2016, according to an ecological report on the offshore sea area published by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Monday.