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European bathing water quality (Indicator)
Key messages: Bathing is safe in most of the EU’s bathing waters.In 2023, 85% of bathing waters in the EU were rated excellent and minimum water quality standards for compliance with the Bathing Water ... Directive were met in 96% of EU’s bathing waters. 1.5% of the EU’s bathing waters were still of poor quality, indicating that management measures are not always adequate or in place. ...
3 Mar 2025
Topics: Bathing water quality, Environmental health impacts, Water
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Bathing waters with excellent water quality in Europe
Bathing water quality has improved over time based on tests for Escherichia coli ( E. coli ) and intestinal enterococci bacteria. ... Between 2010 and 2023, the share of EU bathing waters classified as ‘excellent’ quality was within a range of 81-89% for coastal bathing waters and 60-82% for inland bathing waters. ... Consistently high shares of excellent bathing water quality indicate that the combined effect of the systematic monitoring and management of bathing sites, and improvements in wastewater networks and treatment ...
4 Jul 2024
Topics: Bathing water quality
Proportion of bathing waters with excellent quality in European countries in 2023
The assessment covers 22,081 bathing waters in Europe that were reported to the EEA for the 2023 season (Annex 1). In the EU, there were a total of 21,766 bathing waters. ... Only 77% of bathing waters in Poland were assessed for quality. ... A significant share of these waters were newly identified and complete sets of samples, which would allow an assessment compliant with BWD requirements, were not available for classification. ...
4 Dec 2024
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[EU SDG 14_40] Bathing waters with excellent quality
The EU Bathing Waters Directive (Directive 2006/7/EC) requires Member States to annually identify all bathing waters (inland, transitional and coastal) and define the length of the bathing season. ...
15 Oct 2024
Topics: Bathing water quality, Health, Sustainability, Seas and coasts, Water
Europe’s bathing waters remain safe
The vast majority of bathing water sites in Europe met the European Union's most stringent ‘excellent’ bathing quality standards in 2023, according to the latest annual bathing water assessment published ... This represents 85% of Europe’s popular bathing waters. As much as 96% of all officially identified bathing waters in the EU met the minimum quality standards, with only 1.5% rated as ‘poor'. ...
28 May 2024
Topics: Bathing water quality
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Slovenia bathing water quality 2023
May 2024 Bathing water country factsheet © F ra nc es co M un do , E EA Slovenia Bathing water quality in the season of 2023 Slovenia Under the provisions of the Bathing Water Directive ... , about 22 thousand bathing waters are monitored in Europe each season. ... BWD reporting in the season of 2023 The bathing waters are quality classified according to the two microbiological parameters (Escherichia coli and intestinal enterococci) defined in the Bathing ...
27 May 2024
Topics: Bathing water quality
Slovakia bathing water quality 2023
May 2024 Bathing water country factsheet © F ra nc es co M un do , E EA Slovakia Bathing water quality in the season of 2023 Slovakia Under the provisions of the Bathing Water Directive ... , about 22 thousand bathing waters are monitored in Europe each season. ... BWD reporting in the season of 2023 The bathing waters are quality classified according to the two microbiological parameters (Escherichia coli and intestinal enterococci) defined in the Bathing ...
27 May 2024
Topics: Bathing water quality
Romania bathing water quality 2023
May 2024 Bathing water country factsheet © F ra nc es co M un do , E EA Romania Bathing water quality in the season of 2023 Romania Under the provisions of the Bathing Water Directive, ... about 22 thousand bathing waters are monitored in Europe each season. ... BWD reporting in the season of 2023 The bathing waters are quality classified according to the two microbiological parameters (Escherichia coli and intestinal enterococci) defined in the Bathing ...
27 May 2024
Topics: Bathing water quality
Portugal bathing water quality 2023
May 2024 Bathing water country factsheet © F ra nc es co M un do , E EA Portugal Bathing water quality in the season of 2023 Portugal Under the provisions of the Bathing Water Directive ... , about 22 thousand bathing waters are monitored in Europe each season. ... BWD reporting in the season of 2023 The bathing waters are quality classified according to the two microbiological parameters (Escherichia coli and intestinal enterococci) defined in the Bathing ...
27 May 2024
Topics: Bathing water quality
Sweden bathing water quality 2023
May 2024 Bathing water country factsheet © F ra nc es co M un do , E EA Sweden Bathing water quality in the season of 2023 Sweden Under the provisions of the Bathing Water Directive, about ... 22 thousand bathing waters are monitored in Europe each season. ... BWD reporting in the season of 2023 The bathing waters are quality classified according to the two microbiological parameters (Escherichia coli and intestinal enterococci) defined in the Bathing ...
27 May 2024
Topics: Bathing water quality