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Bathing sites with excellent water quality (14.40)

Bathing sites with excellent water quality. Coastal water 2022
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Number 253 1,987 14,519
Excellent-number 231 1,843 12,912
Excellent-% 91.3 92.8 88.9
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 2022
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Number 13 281 7,139
Excellent-number 11 157 5,659
Excellent-% 84.6 55.9 79.3
Units: Number.
Source Catalonia: Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda. Catalan Water Agency. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.

Last update: December 15, 2022. Revised series on October 2, 2024.

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'.