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Bathing sites with excellent water quality

Bathing sites with excellent water quality. Coastal water 2014
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Number 225 1,942 14,138
Excellent-number 205 1,663 12,128
Excellent-% 91.1 85.6 85.8
Units: Number.
Indicador ODS Indicator 14.40 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals
Bathing sites with excellent water quality. Inland water 2014
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Number 13 236 6,484
Excellent-number 12 117 5,083
Excellent-% 92.3 49.6 78.4
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'.