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State of European Bathing Waters A European policy perspective Peter Kristensen European Environment Agency, EEA
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State of European Bathing WatersA European policy perspective
Peter Kristensen
European Environment Agency, EEA
The Bathing Water Report is the product of successful collaboration between, Member States, DG Environment and EEA.
European Bathing Water Quality in 2014
Annual report European bathing Water quality
(EN, DE and FR)
• 30 National reports
• Data viewer
• Map viewers
Published at start of bathing season(20 May 2015)
Link: http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water/status-and-monitoring/state-of-bathing-water/state/state-of-bathing-water-1
EEA media coverage & web-statistics
Number of articles on the bathing water report published within the first week of launch
EEA website traffic on bathing water launch days 2010-15
Year Launch date
Traffic to EEA website on launch day (sessions)
2010 10 June 37439
2011 16 June 22882
2012 23 May 33682
2013 21 May 57354
2014 27 May 29257
2015 20 May 58311
Bathing water directive fully implementedCountry 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Belgium OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Cyprus OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Denmark OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Estonia OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Finland OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Germany OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Greece OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Hungary OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Latvia OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Lithuania OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Luxembourg OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Malta OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Portugal OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Slovakia OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Sweden OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Spain OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Croatia Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW
Czech Republic OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW
Netherlands OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW
Austria OLD OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW
France OLD OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW
Italy OLD OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW
Slovenia OLD OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW
Bulgaria OLD OLD OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW
Ireland OLD OLD OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW
Poland OLD OLD OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW
Romania OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition
United Kingdom OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition
Bathing water quality assessments based on the last four bathing seasons
Bathing water quality in the European Union in the 2011 to 2014 bathing seasons
Overall more than 95 % of Europe’s bathing waters in bathing season 2014 met the minimum water quality standards set by the European Bathing Water Directive
Excellent – Good – Sufficient - Poor
92.6 % 93.6 % 94.6 % 95.2 %
National bathing water quality results in 2014
National reports
Summary of national results• Trend in bathing water
quality• National map
Links to websites
UK coastal bathing waters
Bathing Water Map Viewerhttp://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water/interactive/bathing/state-of-bathing-waters
http://bit.ly/1gQkib2
http://www.sepa.org.uk/media/39957/portobello-central-bathing-water-profile.pdfhttp://www.sepa.org.uk/media/143136/sepa_bathing_waters_2014-15_web.pdf
Sufficient quality
2014 Mandatory
Bathing water directive fully implementedCountry 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Belgium OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Cyprus OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Denmark OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Estonia OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Finland OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Germany OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Greece OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Hungary OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Latvia OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Lithuania OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Luxembourg OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Malta OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Portugal OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Slovakia OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Sweden OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Spain OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW NEW
Croatia Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW
Czech Republic OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW
Netherlands OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW NEW
Austria OLD OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW
France OLD OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW
Italy OLD OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW
Slovenia OLD OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW NEW
Bulgaria OLD OLD OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW
Ireland OLD OLD OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW
Poland OLD OLD OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition NEW
Romania OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition
United Kingdom OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD Transition Transition Transition
Article 5 Classification and quality status of bathing waters
Member States shall ensure that, by the end of the 2015 bathing season, all bathing waters are at least ‘sufficient’.
Member States shall annually identify all bathing waters and define the length of the bathing season.
Overall change in status with the implementation of the new bathing water directive
Coastal bathing waters Inland bathing waters
1990-2014
EU average8 annualsamples
Misclassification rates
WHO (2009) Fig 4.4 Page 17 http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/bathing/en/
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/resources/ad
dendum_coastal.pdf?ua=1
Bathing water classified as poor in 2015
2011
sufficient
2012
sufficient
2013
sufficient
2014
sufficient
2015
Poor
2011
sufficient
2012
sufficient
2013
sufficient
2014
Poor
2015
Poor
2011
sufficient
2012
sufficient
2013
Poor
2014
Poor
2015
Poor
2011
sufficient
2012
Poor
2013
Poor
2014
Poor
2015
Poor
2011
_Poor_
2012
Poor
2013
Poor
2014
Poor
2015
Poor
permanent bathing prohibition or
permanent advice against bathing
Serious risk of having
permanent bathing
prohibition
Measures*bathing prohibition*identification of causes*adequate measures to prevent, reduce or eliminate
Measures*bathing prohibition*identification of causes*adequate measures to prevent, reduce or eliminate
Approx. 1350 bathing waters (6 %) had at least one poor quality year within the last five years (2010-2014) – of these 165 were closed (not monitored) in 2014; 16 had changes (mgt. measures)380 bathing waters had 2 or 3 years of poor quality45 bathing waters had poor quality for the last four/five consequtive years
Sufficient bathing water quality at end 2015 –
Strategy 1: Not identify bathing waters with poor quality
X - country Y-country
Bathing waters temporarily classified as ‘poor’
4. However, notwithstanding the general requirement of paragraph 3 (all bathing waters are at least ‘sufficient’), bathing waters may temporarily be classified as ‘poor’ and still remain in compliance with this Directive.
In such cases, Member States shall ensure that the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) in respect of each bathing water classified as ‘poor’, the following measures shall be taken with effect from the bathing season that follows its classification:
Measures
(i) adequate management measures, including a bathing prohibition or advice against bathing, with a view to preventing bathers' exposure to pollution;
(ii) identification of the causes and reasons for the failure to achieve ‘sufficient’ quality status;
(iii) adequate measures to prevent, reduce or eliminate the causes of pollution; and
(iv) in accordance with Article 12, alerting the public by a clear and simple warning sign and informing them of the causes of the pollution and measures taken, on the basis of the bathing water profile.
Summary
• The Bathing Water Report is the product of successful collaboration between, Member States, DG Environment and EEA.
• High media coverage of bathing water products
• Article 5 Classification and quality status of bathing waters
Member States shall ensure that, by the end of the 2015 bathing season, all bathing waters are at least ‘sufficient’.
Marine litter:
Out of sight, out of mind?
Marine LitterWatchhttp://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/coast_sea/marine-litterwatch
European Environment Agency
Bathing water
