Find the best water quality in European bathing sites!
Are you curious to know which bathing sites in Europe have the best
water quality? Earlier this year, the European Environment Agency
(EEA) [https://www.eea.europa.eu/] published a Eurostat
[https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/] dataset and several visualisations
that provide an answer. The EEA classified the number and proportion
of coastal and inland bathing sites based on their water quality.
Bathing sites are categorised in one of the four possible
classifications, ‘poor’, ‘sufficient’, ‘good’, or
‘excellent’.

The assessment of the water quality is based on microbiological
parameters that express how much bacteria are in the water. In line
with the Bathing Water Directive
[https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water/europes-seas-and-coasts/assessments/state-of-bathing-water/bathing-water-directives],
Member States are required to identify and assess the quality of all
inland and marine bathing waters and classify them accordingly. 

This dataset allows you, as a citizen, to check which bathing sites to
visit, or helps you, as an administrator, to monitor progress towards
the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14: ‘Life below water
[https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/sdi/life-below-water]’. It aims
to conserve oceans and safeguard marine life by ensuring that oceans
are used sustainably. That means protecting at least 30 % of marine
and coastal areas and limiting pollution and ocean acidification. 

Find the dataset or have a look at the various visualisations
[https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/rq0nyymgexwgyh9hxhgxg?locale=en]!

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Publication Date/Time
2021-08-25T06:00:00+00:00
A new dataset provided by the European Environment Agency