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Quality of Europe’s bathing waters remains high, latest annual assessment finds

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News Published 08 Jun 2020 Last modified 11 Jun 2020

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Photo: © Syracuse, Lidija Globevnik/TC VODE

The quality of Europe’s bathing water remains high, according to this year’s European bathing water quality assessment published today. Just under 85 % of swimming sites across Europe monitored in 2019 met the European Union’s highest and most stringent ‘excellent’ quality standards.