Last year Ilkley became the first inland location to receive designated bathing water status - now a campaign has been launched to secure it for a second stretch of the Wharfe at Wetherby
"Ilkley Clean River Group were the first, and it is important that we look across the Wharfe's length and monitor the river at these points to bring about improvements. DEFRA is currently keen to increase the number of bathing water status areas and we see this as a window of opportunity," said Wetherby's Conservative ward councillor Linda Richards.
A launch event on Saturday July 9 at Wetherby Town Hall and Boston Spa Village Hall will give residents the chance to fill in a questionnaire and volunteer to take part in the count. If the government gives a second section of the Wharfe official designation as being suitable for swimming, it would mean the Environment Agency would have to regularly test the water for the presence of harmful bacteria such as E.coli.
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