Inland bathing water quality in the European Union, 1990-2011
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Created 22 Sep 2012
Published 13 Nov 2012
Last modified 12 Jun 2013
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Water and marine environment
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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).
European data
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Temporal coverage:
- 1990-2011
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Tags:
- water , freshwater , freshwater quality , bathing water , thematic assessments
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Geographic coverage:
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Units:
Bathing waters complying to directive, non-compliant, banned/closed and insufficient sampled/not sampled
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Rights:
- EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Owners:
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Figure type:
- Graph
Additional information
EU27 - 1990 (EU7); 1991-1994 (EU12); 1995-1996 (EU14); 1997-2003 (EU15); 2004 (EU21); 2005-2006 (EU25); 2007-2011 (EU27)
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/percentage-of-eu-coastal-and-inland-bathing-waters-meeting-the-non-mandatory-guide-levels-of-the-bathing-water-directive-1992-to-2006-for-eu-3 or scan the QR code.
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