Date (Creation)

2024-05-24

Date (Publication)

2024-05-24

Edition

01.00

Citation identifier

eea_t_bathing-water-status_p_1990-2023_v01_r00

Citation identifier

DAT-17-en

Code

10.2909/8476280e-7bed-457c-8c2b-a5e9aa451091

Status

Superseded

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Website	Role
European Environment Agency		sdi@eea.europa.eu	http://www.eea.europa.eu	Point of contact

Keywords

Keywords

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

• Switzerland

• EU27 (from 2020)

• Albania

Reporting obligations

• Bathing Water Directive - Identification of Bathing Waters

• Bathing Water Directive - Monitoring and Classification of Bathing Waters

EEA Management Plan

• 2024 1.1.8

EEA topics

• Bathing water quality

Use constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

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 ( http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV), European Environment Agency (EEA).

Language of dataset

English

Topic category

• Environment

Begin date

1990-01-01

End date

2023-12-31

Additional Information

The data set presents the latest information as reported by the Member States for the 2023 bathing season, as well as some historical data since 1990.

Distribution format

• Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx) ( )

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Website	Role
EEA	European Environment Agency	sdi@eea.europa.eu	eea.europa.eu

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
EEA:FOLDERPATH	https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/webdav/datastore/public/eea_t_bathing-water-status_p_1990-2023_v01_r00/
WWW:URL	https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/data/8476280e-7bed-457c-8c2b-a5e9aa451091	Direct download

OnLine resource

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

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

Shortly before the start of and during the bathing season, competent authorities designated by MS take bathing water samples and analyse them for the types of bacteria associated with microbiological health risk and indicating pollution from e.g. sewage and livestock breeding. Polluted water can have impacts on human health, causing stomach upsets and diarrhoea if swallowed. Infections of the ears, eyes and upper respiratory tract are also possible and more serious infectious diseases can occasionally be contracted. Based on the levels of bacteria detected, bathing water quality is then classified as ‘excellent’, ‘good’, ‘sufficient’ or ‘poor’.

Member States establish their respective monitoring calendars, which must follow the provisions of Annex IV to the Bathing Water Directive:

- One sample is to be taken shortly before the start of the bathing season; no fewer than four samples (including the pre-season sample) are to be taken and analysed per bathing season; only three samples need be taken and analysed per bathing season in the case of a bathing water that either has a bathing season not exceeding eight weeks or is situated in a region subject to special geographical constraints.

- Sampling dates are to be distributed throughout the bathing season, with the interval between sampling dates never exceeding one month.

Metadata

File identifier

8476280e-7bed-457c-8c2b-a5e9aa451091 XML

Metadata language

English

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Tabular dataset

Hierarchy level name

Tabular dataset

Date stamp

2024-11-28T09:40:51.521835Z

Metadata standard name

ISO 19115/19139

Metadata standard version

1.0

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Website	Role
European Environment Agency		sdi@eea.europa.eu		Point of contact