This year's bathing water assessment shows once again the continued improvements in the quality of Europe's more than 21 000 coastal and inland swimming areas across the EU's 28 Member States. The report also covers bathing waters in Albania and Switzerland. This report assesses bathing water...

Each year millions of Europeans spend their holidays or weekends at Europe's diverse and beautiful beaches and bathing areas. As this year's bathing season approaches, many of them start to take an interest in the quality of water in which they will bathe. Europe is the world's no. 1 tourist...

Each year millions of Europeans spend their holidays or weekends at Europe's diverse and beautiful beaches and bathing areas. As this year's bathing season approaches, many of them start to take an interest in the quality of water in which they will bathe. Europe is the world's no. 1 tourist...

This summary presents the main findings and key messages from the report Europe's water - an indicator-based assessment, which assesses the quality and quantity of Europe's water resources. The report seeks to answer a number of questions formulated to assess whether the broad objectives and...

This report assesses the quality and quantity of Europe's water. Its geographical scope is the European Union, EFTA and EU accession and candidate countries. Four water issues are assessed: ecological quality, eutrophication and organic pollution of water, hazardous substances and water...

From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, most of Europe's bathing waters are of excellent quality for swimming when assessed against the two specific health relevant parameters (Escherichia coli or E. coli and intestinal enterococci) as required under the Bathing Water Directive (EU, 2006). This...

From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, most of Europe's bathing waters are of excellent quality for swimming when assessed against the two specific health relevant parameters (Escherichia coli or E. coli and intestinal enterococci) as required under the Bathing Water Directive (EU, 2006). This...