The temperature of Scalby beck appears to have some link to the quality of Scarborough's bathing waters.
That's according to the Yorkshire Coast Bathing water partnership who say an extensive programme of testing has found the unusual link.
Geraldine Sewell from Yorkshire Water says experts have been trying to figure out why Scarborough's bathing water has suffered in recent years.
The rather odd finding that the temperature of the beck seems to be related to the quality of the bathing water has lead the Bathing Water partnership to undertake further investigations.
Geraldine Sewell from Yorkshire water says a team of experts are now carrying out more testing.
The investigations that discovered the temperature anomaly were carried out by the Centre for Research in Environment and Health (CREH), the intensive monitoring programme was put in place by Yorkshire Water, the Environment Agency, Scarborough Borough Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
The project will took half-hourly samples over a 12-hour period across 60 days of the 2020 bathing water season. The samples were then analysed at CREH’s laboratory in Leeds and used to develop detailed models.
Over 200 datasets are being collected throughout the project, including on rainfall, tides, and the flow of streams into the sea.
The information will be used to feed into Environment Agency’s upgraded pollution risk forecasting, which every morning during the bathing water season predicts whether there will be any temporary water quality issues at bathing waters, including Scarborough south bay.
It is also hoped that the project could help pinpoint sources of bacteria impacting on bathing water quality.
The Environment Agency has been working with CREH to provide flow and water quality data from Scalby Beck.
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