Natural Resources Wales has today launched a new bathing water quality mobile app aimed at helping beachgoers and swimmers in Wales make informed decisions about where they swim.
The app, created by Natural Resources Wales, is free to download and will allow people to check how clean the water is before they take the plunge.
The launch comes as the 2014 bathing water season gets underway, and Natural Resources Wales teams swing into action to begin a programme of sampling to test the quality of the water.
Every year, specialist teams test each one of the 102 bathing waters 20 times during the season, which runs from 15 May to 30 September.
The samples are taken away, analysed in a laboratory and assessed against a strict criteria for bathing water. The information gathered this season, will then be used to grade bathing waters for next year.
Bathing waters for next year will be classified as ‘excellent’, ‘good’, ‘satisfactory’ or ‘poor’ under new European standards which are twice as tough as previous standards.
The new app, ‘bathing water quality’, is currently available for Android and is available to download from Google Play store. It will also be developed for Windows phone and IPhone.
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