Meeting to bring the Town together to discuss the plans for improving the water quality at Ilkley

This open public meeting covered:-

1. The proposals for cleaning up the river at Ilkley – specifically the impact of the new partnership announced by Yorkshire Water and Bradford Council.

2. The implications of securing designated Bathing Status for Ilkley – how the agencies are responding.

3. The results of the whole river testing and what that means for cleaning up the whole river Wharfe.

4. The impact of new legislation.

We invited our MP (Robbie Moore), the Town Council Mayor (Mark Stidworthy), Bradford Council, (Cllr Alex Ross-Shaw), the Environment Agency, Martin Christmas, Area Environment Manager), and Yorkshire Water, (Richard Emmott, Dir Corporate Affairs), to share and explain their proposals for cleaning up the river.