Safe Place to Swim?

The amount of safe bathing sites along the British coast is decreasing. Whilst most of the coast is suitable for bathing and public recreation (97%), this is still a drop from a couple of years ago when near all of the coast was suitable (99%). The problem is increasing uncleanliness, which is coming from many places. Increased runoff of agricultural chemicals and soils into river streams caused manure and slurry to be a factor at 16 of 17 unsuitable sites. Overflowing sewage systems caused polution that was a factor at 13 of 17 sites.
These problems are said to have been caused by the heavy rainfalls of last summer.
In the past, Britain's coastline has been worse off than it is today, but due to cleanup efforts and restrictions on chemicals, conditions had been steadily improving. This year's failing standards came because of unforeseen problems, which the government is working to prepare for in the future. With global warming increasing the effects of flooding in the UK, much more will have to be done to ensure that the water stays clean.

Britain's bathing water becomes more polluted
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/3453261/Britains-bathing-water-becomes-more-polluted.html