UK swimming spot clogged with ‘poisonous cocktail’ of poo, condoms and sanitary pads

A once-popular UK swimming spot in a scenic rover has been contaminated with a “toxic cocktail” of poo, condoms and sanitary pads.

YouTuber Rob Dymott who goes by the alias ‘Leave Curious’ inspected the River Wharfe in Yorkshire for a video posted on his channel final month, discovering it to be in a “utterly disgusting” state and with a curious scent.

With its provenance throughout the Yorkshire Dales National Park the river, naturally, meanders via some gorgeous landscapes, however Rob confirmed a darkish facet alongside a canalside towpath which straddles the boundary fence of a water therapy plant.

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“For 2.4 million hours in 2022 raw sewage was entering our rivers and our seas. This includes human excrement, sanitary towels, condoms, wet wipes, chemicals and whatever else we put down the toilet,” he says within the video, seen over 100,000 occasions.

Rob describes the water as having a “toxic cocktail” affecting it.

He stated the river simply seems “muddy, grimy and slippery” including that it stinks. He stated fish numbers on the river have dwindled due to the poor high quality of the water.

Rob factors out that swimming will not be suggested within the spot he was capturing at because of the poor high quality of the water due to a close-by sewage discharge level.

“It’s embarrassing that this is happening, that we are pumping our own s**t into our rovers, places that should be our most biodiverse habitats,” he says within the video.

In May the boss of Yorkshire Water apologised for the quantity of sewage being pumped into the area’s rivers.

A stretch of the River Wharfe in Ilkley was granted bathing standing in 2021, however final 12 months the Environment Agency stated swimming was “not advised”, because of the poor water high quality, effluent from storm overflows and run-off from livestock farms.

Nicola Shaw, who has been CEO of the corporate since May 2022, stated: “There has been an enormous quantity of criticism of, and anger at, the water business over current months.

“I get why people are angry; seeing sewage in our rivers and seas isn’t right. We should have a system that befits the 21st Century. So, on behalf of Yorkshire Water, I am sorry.

“We should have acted more quickly to change the situation. That’s why I have decided to refuse any bonus this year as I want us to make progress. And we do now have a plan – and indeed we are already taking action to improve Yorkshire’s rivers and coastal waters.”

Ms Shaw said she plans to invest £180m by March 2025 to build more capacity to store waste water.

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