Water sampling

As part of our campaign for Designated Bathing Water Status, we’re testing the quality of the river water for bacteria and harmful pollutants

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Pouring river water into a sample bottle

2021 Sampling Programme

Our first sampling programme ran from 29 July to 22 October 2021. The samples were analysed at Wessex Water’s laboratory in Saltford and published each week via our social media channels.

2022 Sampling Programme

The second sampling programme ran from 20 May to 8 September 2022.

See the full results here (PDF).