As the summer is coming soon and myself as many others will go to the beaches – even here in the UK 😉 – it is good to know what you get yourself into. The Environmental Agency has created a web site which everybody can use and find out in different ways if the beach they are planning to go to have a good water quality or not.
It is amazing that a record number of beaches reached the highest European standards last year. These bathing water profiles will not make the water cleaner, but they will allow beach users to make more informed decisions about when is best to use the water and the information to know when it might be better to give it a miss due to pollution incidents.
It is also nice to enjoy inland rivers and ponds. Here you can find out more about local possibilities – it is all at your own risk ;-):
- Wild Swimming – exploring Britain’s outdoor swimming places with their helpful Google Map: Open Water Swimming
Jürgen Homann 