I have happy childhood memories of swimming in the Wye at the Warren and now the river is full of chicken shit.

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Elevated levels of harmful bacteria have been found at Wales’ first official river bathing site, warn public health officials.Wild swimmers have been advised to stay out of the River Wye at The Warren, a pebble beach near Hay-on-Wye, Powys, after high levels of E.coli and intestinal enterococci bacteria were found.The site was granted official bathing status last month, compelling Welsh environment watchdog Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to monitor water quality at the site.Oliver Bullough, who led the campaign for the river’s bathing status, said the news was “disgraceful”.

The levels of both bacteria found were five and seven times higher respectively than the lowest quality standard considered “sufficient”.Warning signs were erected by officers from Powys council’s environmental health team on Thursday morning.

“It confirms what many have suspected for a while - I know lots of people who won’t let their kids swim in the river now,” Mr Bullough added.

"If these figures continue over the rest of the bathing season, The Warren will be classified as of ‘poor’ quality we’ll finally have something that will force the Welsh government to clean up the Wye.

"Welsh Water said: “We have investigated our assets in this area of the Wye and there is no indication they have discharged in the days leading up to the test on 10 July 10, with our nearest upstream asset 7km (4.3 miles) from this site.“We are committed to playing our part to help protect river water quality.

This is why we have invested £53m over the past 12 months on seven schemes to help improve the quality of the River Wye, which have all been completed ahead of schedule.”

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