River Wharfe
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Length | 105 km |
|---|---|
| Source elevation | 305 |
| Mouth | River Ouse |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sources | Oughtershaw Beck |
| Green Field Beck | |
| Cities | Ilkley |
| Otley | |
| Grassington | |
| Burnsall | |
| Wetherby | |
| Kettlewell | |
| Buckden | |
| Appletreewick | |
| Collingham | |
| Hubberholme | |
| Ulleskelf | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2447531 |
About River Wharfe
The River Wharfe is a river in Yorkshire, England. For much of its length it is the county boundary between West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. Its valley is known as Wharfedale.
Campaigners slam government river bathing decision
... The vast majority of them are coastal with just two, in Yorkshire on the River Wharfe and Oxfordshire, on the Thames on rivers...
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... The phenomenon, which is caused when foam floating on the top of a river freezes, was spotted on the River Wharfe near Bolton Priory on Wednesday...
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... " Clean-up campaignLocals have mounted a campaign over the last few years to clean up the River Wharfe, which was recently given a " poor" bathing water status by the Environment Agency...
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... Jimi Heselden crashed into the River Wharfe while using his Segway on his estate in West Yorkshire, only 10 months after the purchase of the company in the year 2009...
Yorkshire Dales hit by floods after heavy rains
... The Environment Agency said: most of the action on Friday night and Saturday morning on the River Wharfe and river Ure, but the run-off from the Dales was hardly to be said to impact on downstream areas, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, that about 10 properties had flooded in, and the village in the vicinity of Giggleswick was also affected...
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... The River Wharfe attracted thousands of people to bathe, while in the last summer of the heat wave, but the people in the vicinity have said, the paper that found levels of bacteria in the water, which regularly reach dangerous levels, because of problems with a nearby wastewater treatment plant...
Campaigners slam government river bathing decision
By Jonah FisherBBC Environment Correspondent
The government's rejection of all but one application for bathing water status for English rivers is " very disappointing" environmentalists say.
Part of the River Deben in Suffolk is still in the running but campaigners for clean water say proposals for eight other river sites were declined.
Designation as an official bathing site obliges the Environment Agency to regularly test water quality.
Campaigners say they have not been told why the decisions have been made.
You can still swim in non-designated sites but it's unlikely the water quality will be monitored or tested.
Water companies currently have to provide data on how many hours raw sewage flows into waterways, but there is limited testing of what it means for water quality.
There will now be a period of public consultation on four new sites becoming officially designated as bathing water. Two are at a reservoir in Rutland with The Others on the coast in Plymouth, as well as the River Deben in Suffolk.
" The actions we have taken mean that people across the country will be able to swim at more sites and in better quality water, but we know there is more to do, " says Water Minister Rebecca Pow .
There are already 421 designated bathing water sites in England. The vast majority of them are coastal with just two, in Yorkshire on the River Wharfe and Oxfordshire, on the Thames on rivers.
Applicants for official bathing status are asked to provide evidence of local support, data on how many people swim at The Site and whether there are facilities nearby, such as toilets.
Kirsty Davies, community water quality officer for campaign group Surfers Against Sewage called the rejections " a slap in The Face for communities who are trying to tackle the sewage pollution crisis. "
'Catch 22 '" It's a Catch 22 , " Ms Davies said. " They won't care for waters that aren't designated, but we apply for designation, and they decline. "
One of those turned down is at Wallingford on the River Thames . In a statement South Oxfordshire District council said they were " extremely disappointed" by the decision and were seeking clarification on the reasons behind it.
In 2020 part of the Wharfe in Ilkley became The First UK river to be designated as a bathing site, in what was then seen as a Major Victory for water quality campaigners. But efforts to get three more stretches of the Wharfe officially designated have been rejected.
Councillor Linda Richards , who had been working on the designation told The Bbc that they had been sent emails which said they'd failed to meet the criteria but didn't explain why.
" This is a disappointing setback but not The End of The Road , " She Said , explaining that they would bid for designated status again.
A spokesperson for DEFRA said they would not comment on individual applications but that sites that did not meet criteria would not progress to national consultation.
Additional reporting by Sophie Woodcock.
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Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
