Water campaigner Feargal Sharkey says newly designated sites will join ‘ignoble, floundering list of failure’
Giving waterways bathing status means thehas to test them for pollution during the summer months, putting pressure on water companies to stop dumping sewage in them.
. This means people should not swim in them and risk getting sick if they do. Sewage spills and agricultural runoff mean swimming sites can carryThe water campaigner and former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey told the Guardian: “Every single stretch of river in England currently tested carries a ‘do not swim’ advisory. This lot will simply join that ignoble, floundering list of failure.
Bathing sites are only tested in the summer months but the government has promised a consultation later this year on proposals that would include extending monitoring outside the bathing season, as some people use the rivers recreationally all year.
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