Summer 2011-2012
principally to resident wild fowl populations in the vicinity of recreational usage sites. In terms of E. coli, bacteriological water quality showed some improvements in the latest survey period in comparison with historical surveys. Although only two sites had their lowest median counts on record, many other sites had lower seasonal median counts than usual. The total number of samples falling within the “Alert” or “Action” categories was 6% lower than the average of all the previous seasons,