Two sites in Rutland are part of a controversy over official monitoring of water quality
By Jonah FisherThe government's rejection of all but one application for bathing water status for English rivers is "very disappointing", environmentalists say.
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 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.
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.
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