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swim around and control your breathing, you can dip under the water.” Research from Bournemouth University in 2024 found that deaths from accidental drowning were [three times higher](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743523004188?via%3Dihub) on days when
lakes and rivers with the results from the tests posted on a [government website](https://www.gov.uk/quality-of-local-bathing-water). In order to be designated as a bathing site the location must meet specific criteria including the number