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Results : Brighouse Bay

Sample results

Date Escherichia coli (cfu/100ml) Intestinal enterococci (cfu/100ml)
20 May 2024 <10 <10
03 June 2024 10 10
04 June 2024 140 70
05 June 2024 10 <10
17 June 2024 <10 10
18 June 2024 10 <10
19 June 2024 <10 <10
01 July 2024 40 10
02 July 2024 60 30
03 July 2024 360 230
04 July 2024 30 10
17 July 2024 20 350
18 July 2024 130 160
31 July 2024 <10 <10
19 August 2024 500 140
20 August 2024 800 100
02 September 2024 40 20
03 September 2024 390 120

Historic results

Please note: There were no classifications calculated for 2020/21 due to the shortened season and reduced sampling during the COVID pandemic.

Year Classification
2017 Poor
2018 Poor
2019 Poor
2020 See above
2021 Sufficient
2022 Good
2023 Good
UKAS: ISO 17025

These Results were produced by a UKAS accredited testing laboratory No. 1327.

Results explained

The annual bathing water classification is determined using statistics calculated from results taken over the previous four years. The water quality indicators we test for are the bacteria E Coli (EC) and intestinal enterococci (IE). The statistics take account of both the average value and the range of values in the four year dataset.

Single sample results above 500 EC and 200 IE are indicative that water was of low quality when the sample was taken. For inland waters the low quality boundaries are higher at 1000 EC and 400 IE.