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Bathing sites with excellent water quality (14.40)

Bathing sites with excellent water quality. Coastal water 2019
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Number 254 1,968 14,404
Excellent-number 234 1,835 12,728
Excellent-% 92.1 93.2 88.4
Units: Number.
Source Catalonia: Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda. Catalan Water Agency. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
Bathing sites with excellent water quality. Inland water 2019
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Number 13 266 6,933
Excellent-number 11 139 5,486
Excellent-% 78.6 52.3 79.1
Units: Number.
Source Catalonia: Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda. Catalan Water Agency. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.

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'.