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Bathing Water Directive - Status of bathing water

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Created 21 May 2012 Published 23 May 2012 Last modified 28 Jun 2016
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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

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Bathing Water Directive - Status 1990 - 2011

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Field nameField definitionNoteData typePrimary key
Latitude Latitude value of station position in decimal degrees decimal(9) No
Longitude Longitude value of station position in decimal degrees decimal(9) No
BWID Bathing water identification varchar(50) No
SeaRegion Sea region name varchar(50) No
Numind Code primary key of the table varchar(20) Yes
cc International Country Code (ISO 3166-1-Alpha-2 code elements) varchar(2) No
geographic Geographic region name varchar(50) No
Watertype Type of bathing water sampled C=sea; RV=river; LK= lake; estuary=estuary nvarchar(255) No
Seawater Type of bathing water O=seawater; N=freshwater nvarchar(1) No
Region Region name reported by Member State nvarchar(255) No
Y2005 Status of bathing water for year 2005 varchar(5) No
Y2006 Status of bathing water for year 2006 varchar(5) No
Y2007 Status of bathing water for year 2007 varchar(5) No
Y2008 Status of bathing water for year 2008 varchar(5) No
Y1999 Status of bathing water for year 1999 varchar(5) No
Y2000 Status of bathing water for year 2000 varchar(5) No
Y2001 Status of bathing water for year 2001 varchar(5) No
Y2002 Status of bathing water for year 2002 varchar(5) No
Y2003 Status of bathing water for year 2003 varchar(5) No
Y2004 Status of bathing water for year 2004 varchar(5) No
Y1993 Status of bathing water for year 1993 varchar(5) No
Y1994 Status of bathing water for year 1994 varchar(5) No
Y1995 Status of bathing water for year 1995 varchar(5) No
Y1996 Status of bathing water for year 1996 varchar(5) No
Y1997 Status of bathing water for year 1997 varchar(5) No
Y1998 Status of bathing water for year 1998 varchar(5) No
Province Province name reported by Member State nvarchar(255) No
Commune Commune name reported by Member State varchar(255) No
Prelev Bathing water name reported by Member State nvarchar(255) No
Y1990 Status of bathing water for year 1990 varchar(5) No
Y1991 Status of bathing water for year 1991 varchar(5) No
Y1992 Status of bathing water for year 1992 varchar(5) No
Y2009 Status of bathing water for year 2009 varchar(5) No
Y2010 Status of bathing water for year 2010 varchar(5) No
Y2011* Status of bathing water for year 2011, with 41 days taken as a maximum difference between two samples for reporting under Directive 2006/7/EC varchar(5) No
Y2011 Status of bathing water for year 2011 varchar(5) No

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EPSG:4258
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The European Topic Centre on Water (Database May 2012), national submissions to the Bathing Water Directive

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European Environment Agency (EEA)
Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV)
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European Environment Agency (EEA)

Additional information

The data set presents the latest information as reported by the Member States (EU27) for the 2011 bathing season, as well as some historical data since 1990.

  • CG: compliant with the mandatory and the guide values of the Directive; 
  • CI: compliant with the mandatory values of the Directive; 
  • B: banned or closed (temporarily or throughout the season); 
  • NC: not compliant with the mandatory values of the Directive; 
  • NF: insufficiently sampled; 
  • NS: not sampled; 
  • Others or blank: unknown.
 

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Figure Percentage of European inland bathing waters complying with mandatory values (or with at least sufficient quality) and meeting guide values (or with excellent quality) for the year 2011 by sea region Sea regions arranged by the percentage of compliance with mandatory values (or at least sufficient quality). EU Member States, Croatia and Switzerland. No inland bathing waters are reported from three Member States (Cyprus, Malta and Romania) and Montenegro. The quality classes under the New Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC) are jointed with compliance categories under the Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC).
Figure Percentage of European coastal bathing waters complying with mandatory values (or with at least sufficient quality) and meeting guide values (or with excellent quality) for the year 2011 by sea region Sea regions arranged by the percentage of compliance with mandatory values (or at least sufficient quality). EU Member States, Croatia and Montenegro. Five Member States (Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg and Slovakia) and Switzerland have no coastal bathing waters. The quality classes under the New Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC) are jointed with compliance categories under the Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC).
Figure Percentage of European inland bathing waters complying with mandatory values (or with at least sufficient quality) and meeting guide values (or with excellent quality) for the year 2011 by country Countries arranged by the percentage of compliance with mandatory values (or at least sufficient quality). No inland bathing waters are reported from three Member States (Cyprus, Malta and Romania) and Montenegro. The quality classes under the New Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC) are jointed with compliance categories under the Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC).
Figure Percentage of European coastal bathing waters complying with mandatory values (or with at least sufficient quality) and meeting guide values (or with excellent quality) for the year 2011 by country Countries arranged by the percentage of compliance with mandatory values (or at least sufficient quality). Five Member States (Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg and Slovakia) and Switzerland have no coastal bathing waters. The quality classes under the New Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC) are jointed with compliance categories under the Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC).
Figure Inland bathing water quality in the European Union, 1990-2011 The figure shows the bathing water quality in different European countries over time: 1990, 7 EU Member States; 1991 to 1994, 12 EU Member States; 1995-96, 14 EU Member States; 1997 to 2003, 15 EU Member States; 2004, 21 EU Member States; 2005-06, 25 EU Member States; 2007 to 2011, 27 EU Member States. No inland bathing waters are reported from three Member States (Cyprus, Malta and Romania). The quality classes under the New Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC) are jointed with compliance categories under the Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC).
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Coastal bathing water quality in the European Union, 1990-2011 The figure shows the bathing water quality in different European countries over time: 1990, 7 EU Member States; 1991 to 1994, 12 EU Member States; 1995-96, 14 EU Member States; 1997 to 2003, 15 EU Member States; 2004, 21 EU Member States; 2005-06, 25 EU Member States; 2007 to 2011, 27 EU Member States. Five Member States (Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg and Slovakia) have no coastal bathing waters. The quality classes under the New Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC) are jointed with compliance categories under the Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC).
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Percentage of inland bathing waters in the European Union per compliance category Trend in percentage of inland bathing waters in the European Union per compliance category

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