What EU Bathing Water Directive 2006/7/EC concerning management of bathing water quality and classification requires
This Directive lays down provisions for the monitoring, classification, management, and public information concerning bathing water quality across EU Member States. It applies to any surface water element where a competent authority expects a large number of people to bathe and has not imposed a permanent bathing prohibition or permanent advice against bathing. The Directive does not apply to swimming pools, spa pools, confined waters subject to treatment or used for therapeutic purposes, or artificially created confined waters separated from surface water and groundwater. Member States must annually identify all bathing waters and define the length of the bathing season, doing so for the first time before the start of the first bathing season after 24 March 2008. Monitoring of the parameters intestinal enterococci and Escherichia coli must take place in accordance with Annex IV, using reference methods specified in Annex I. Bathing water quality assessments are carried out after each bathing season based on data from that season and the three preceding seasons, comprising at least 16 samples (or 12 samples under special circumstances). After assessment, bathing waters are classified as poor, sufficient, good, or excellent according to criteria in Annex II. The first classification under this Directive must be completed by the end of the 2015 bathing season, and by that time all bathing waters must be at least sufficient. Bathing water profiles must be established by 24 March 2011 in accordance with Annex III. Member States must ensure timely management measures during unexpected situations, including information to the public and temporary bathing prohibitions. Cyanobacterial risks and other parameters such as macro-algae and waste pollution must be managed with appropriate monitoring and public alerts. Public participation must be encouraged, and the public must receive actively disseminated information via signs and the Internet, starting from the fifth bathing season after 24 March 2008. Member States report monitoring results and quality assessments annually to the Commission by 31 December. The Commission publishes an annual summary report on bathing water quality by 30 April each year. A review of the Directive is scheduled no later than 2020.
Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: European Commission (DG ENV) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32006L0007
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- Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 (EU) - Article 1: Purpose and scope, defines monitoring, classification, management and public information.
- Directive 2006/7/EC - Article 3: Monitoring, includes identification of bathing waters, monitoring calendar, sampling during short-term pollution and abnormal situations.
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