Bathing water quality Performance commitment
Outcome; We protect and improve the water environment
Description; The number of Yorkshire’s designated bathing waters that achieve ‘Good’ or ‘Excellent’ water quality classification, based on Environment Agency sampling in line with the EU Bathing Water Directive.
A list of all samples taken from Yorkshire’s designated bathing waters, tested for E. Coli and Intestinal Enterococci, of which the methodology is published by the Environment Agency here.
The Environment Agency also publishes data for all samples related to Yorkshire’s bathing waters here.
https://www.yorkshirewater.com/media/1806/yorkshire-water-our-performance-at-a-glance-july-2019.pdf
Target More than or equal to 15 bathing waters Result 17
An explanation relating to the 18/19 annual performance report can be found here (https://www.yorkshirewater.com/media/1548/yorkshire-water-annual-performance-report-apr-2018-2019.pdf) on P90.
