The best cities in Europe for wild swimming

There’s something in the water – E.coli to be precise. After high levels of the bacteria were found in the Seine, questions were raised about how safe it would be for the triathletes and open water swimmers competing in the 2024 Olympics. Meanwhile, just before the Oxford and Cambridge boat race in March, both teams … Read more

America’s small-town water systems are global cyber targets. Is your city next?

A group called Cyber ​​Army of Russia Reborn posted a video on their Telegram channel on January 18 showing that they had manipulated controls for water tanks at a water authority in Texas, it was recently reported. Specifically, they turned on water pumps by remotely changing water level indicators and caused a water tank in … Read more

The most polluted beaches in Europe – where swimming comes with a health warning

All of the polluted beaches listed below are near busy resorts or city trip destinations – Getty At the top of the list of requirements for the perfect beach holiday is a sandy beach surrounded by clean, clear water – something that should be obvious, but isn’t. Britain has gotten a lot of publicity about … Read more

The Thames has become a ‘national shame’ – so we tested the water to see how bad it really is

The Telegraph did its own test of the water and the results were damning – Clara Molden It’s strange, really, that one of our most beloved, lyrical books about English rivers should have been written in the dying embers of the Victorian era. When Kenneth Grahame wrote about a rat and a mole who spent … Read more

In Hawaii, coral is the basis of life. What happened to it after the Lahaina wildfire?

Abraham “Snake” Ah Hee rides the waves when the surf is high and dives for octopuses and shells when the water is calm. The lifelong resident of Lahaina, Hawaii, spends so much time in the ocean that his wife jokes that he needs to wet his gills. But these days, Ah Hee is concerned that … Read more

In Hawaii, coral is the basis of life. What happened to it after the Lahaina wildfire?

Abraham “Snake” Ah Hee rides the waves when the surf is high and dives for octopuses and shells when the water is calm. The lifelong resident of Lahaina, Hawaii, spends so much time in the ocean that his wife jokes that he needs to wet his gills. But these days, Ah Hee is concerned that … Read more