Wild swimmers in Shrewsbury can now make better-informed decisions about river safety through an expanded regional pilot project, which monitors river water quality on a daily basis.

The Environment Agency has installed high-tech autonomous sensors in the River Severn at Shrewsbury, to remotely provide daily readings on bacteria levels including E. coli.

Last week, the Shrewsbury data was launched on the Shropshire Wild Bathing app, allowing river users to check current water quality conditions and decide when it’s safe to swim. The water quality data is automatically uploaded every hour onto the app developed by the River Severn Partnership.

Bacteria sensors and sondes take automatic water quality readings from the River Severn.

The daily readings complement existing weekly statutory

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