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Bathing sites with excellent water quality

Bathing sites with excellent water quality. Coastal water 2016
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Number 252 1,949 14,206
Excellent-number 238 1,732 12,494
Excellent-% 94.4 88.9 88.0
Units: Number.
Indicador ODS Indicator 14.40 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals
Bathing sites with excellent water quality. Inland water 2016
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Number 12 242 6,506
Excellent-number 11 121 5,340
Excellent-% 91.7 50.0 82.1
Units: Number.
Indicador ODS Indicator 14.40 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals

Last update: January 15, 2021. Revised series on October 11, 2023.

IQSAB

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Summer Bathing Water Quality Indicators (IQSAB).

Methodological note

The indicator measures the number and proportion of coastal and inland bathing sites with excellent water quality. The indicator assessment is based on microbiological parameters (intestinal enterococci and Escherichia coli).

The new Bathing Water Directive requires Member States to identify and assess the quality of all inland and marine bathing waters and to classify these waters as 'poor', 'sufficient', 'good' or 'excellent'.