Bathing Water Directive - Status of bathing water

The EU Bathing Waters Directive requires Member States to identify popular bathing places in fresh and coastal waters and monitor them for indicators of microbiological pollution (and other substances) throughout the bathing season which runs from May to September

Datasets

Bathing Water Directive - Status of bathing water, 2024 v.1.0Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx)

Published: 19 Jun 2025

Temporal coverage: 1990-2024

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State of bathing waters in 2024

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Bathing waters with excellent water quality in Europe

EEA Indicator

https://doi.org/10.2909/30e5d599-6bc1-408d-9e65-a10e433b81ef

Archived or restricted datasets

Bathing Water Directive - Status of bathing water, 2023Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx)Archived

Published: 24 May 2024

Temporal coverage: 1990-2023

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https://doi.org/10.2909/8476280e-7bed-457c-8c2b-a5e9aa451091

Bathing Water Directive - Status of bathing water, 2023 v.1.1Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx)Archived

Published: 26 Nov 2024

Temporal coverage: 1990-2023

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State of bathing waters in 2023

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https://doi.org/10.2909/94af6317-db21-4f71-a954-5f1ade4328d9

More information

Reporting obligations (ROD)

Bathing Water Directive - Monitoring and Classification of Bathing Waters

Bathing Water Directive - Identification of Bathing Waters

Bathing Water Directive - Report

Bathing Water Directive - Monitoring and Classification of Bathing Waters (until 2019)

Organisation:

TC Vode

Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV)

Temporal coverage:

1990 -

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