Quality of coastal bathing waters
Total Bathing areas | Excellent | Good | Pass | Insufficient | Not classified | |
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2023 | 255 | 232 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
2022 | 255 | 231 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
2021 | 255 | 227 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
2020 | 253 | 228 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
2019 | 254 | 234 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
2018 | 254 | 238 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2017 | 253 | 235 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2016 | 252 | 238 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2015 | 250 | 236 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available |
2014 | 225 | 205 | 19 | 0 | 1 | .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available |
2013 | 223 | 215 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available |
2012 | 223 | 218 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available |
2011 | 220 | 213 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available |
2010 | 218 | 209 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available |
2009 | 215 | 205 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available |
2008 | 215 | 199 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available |
Source: Agència Catalana de l'Aigua. | ||||||
Note: Del 2008 al 2014 les dades fan referència a les platges. | ||||||
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available. |
Total Bathing areas | Excellent | Good | Pass | Insufficient | Not classified | |
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2023 | 2,275 | 1,993 | 177 | 38 | 39 | 28 |
2022 | 1,987 | 1,843 | 108 | 24 | 6 | 6 |
2021 | 1,984 | 1,828 | 107 | 19 | 4 | 26 |
2020 | 1,969 | 1,840 | 93 | 22 | 4 | 10 |
2019 | 1,968 | 1,835 | 92 | 25 | 6 | 10 |
2018 | 1,965 | 1,812 | 100 | 28 | 10 | 15 |
2017 | 1,960 | 1,773 | 119 | 37 | 11 | 20 |
2016 | 1,949 | 1,728 | 139 | 45 | 19 | 18 |
2015 | 1,948 | 1,726 | 130 | 44 | 31 | 17 |
2014 | 1,941 | 1,688 | 155 | 46 | 35 | 17 |
2013 | 1,930 | 1,699 | 119 | 56 | 40 | 16 |
2012 | 1,923 | 1,703 | 110 | 56 | 47 | 7 |
2011 | 1,924 | 1,663 | 134 | 71 | 52 | 4 |
2010 | 1,915 | 1,673 | 232 | .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available | 10 | .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available |
2009 | 1,896 | 1,694 | 193 | .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available | 9 | .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available |
2008 | 1,892 | 1,584 | 304 | .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available | 4 | .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available |
Source: Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality. | ||||||
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available. |
Last update: October 4, 2024.
Methodological note
The study on the state of the coastal waters is carried out by considering the microbiological quality of the bathing water.
El terme zona de bany es refereix a les aigües de bany d'una platja o cala, en les que s'ha establert, oficialment, un Punt de Mostreig (PM) per efectuar, periòdicament durant cada temporada de bany, el control analític de la qualitat microbiològica de l'aigua. És per això que el nombre de zones de bany, coincideix sempre amb el nombre de punts de mostreig (són dos termes numèricament coincidents).
En canvi, el nombre de zones de bany és sempre superior al nombre de platges perquè una platja pot tenir, en funció de les seves dimensions i/o característiques ambientals, més d'un punt de mostreig o zona de bany (al litoral de Catalunya hi ha unes 15 platges amb més d'un punt de mostreig).
Until 2007, the control and evaluation of the microbiological quality of the bathing waters of Catalonia were performed under the criteria established by the Council Directive of 8 September, 1975 regarding the quality of bathing waters, 76/160/EC. Starting in 2008, the previous directive was revoked by Directive 2006/7/EC.
The data collection methodology consists of the previous establishment of a beach control network, in which each beach sets up one or more representative sample points of the bathing area to control. On a fortnightly basis, in the months of summer, water samples are taken at the previously defined sample points for posterior laboratory analysis of the pertinent microbiological findings.