Bathing water quality

This series is an amalgamation of all the data sets relating to the Bathing Water quality. This includes the survey 2011 previously held on Data.Gov.UK (DGUK), thus consolidating all information in one location on DGUK. Data source is the Environment Agency (EA). The record includes the following datasets:

The microbiological quality of bathing waters can be affected by pollution from agricultural and urban sources, discharges of sewage effluent, storm water overflows and river borne pathogens, all of which could have a significant impact on human health. The EC Bathing Water Directive sets mandatory and more stringent guideline standards with tighter limit values.

Designation: Official Statistics

Bathing Waters Survey - compliance with Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC) mandatory standards for other parameters: 2011 (Coastal and Inland waters)

Five year record of compliance with EC Bathing Water Directive for mandatory coliform 2007 to 2011 sub-divided into inland and coastal waters and also by region for England and country.

STATISTICS ON ENGLISH COASTAL AND INLAND BATHING WATERS: A SUMMARY OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2006 BATHING WATER DIRECTIVE These results summarise the compliance of coastal and inland bathing waters to the Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC) for England in 2016.

STATISTICS ON UK BATHING WATERS FOR 2015: A SUMMARY OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2006 BATHING WATER DIRECTIVE These results summarise the compliance of coastal and inland bathing waters to the Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC) for the whole of the United Kingdom in 2015.

STATISTICS ON ENGLISH COASTAL AND INLAND BATHING WATERS: A SUMMARY OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2006 BATHING WATER DIRECTIVE Compliance of coastal and inland bathing waters for England in 2018

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Last Updated November 21, 2018, 15:10 (UTC)
Created December 12, 2017, 11:57 (UTC)
Theme Environment