A fresh report on the results of the annual survey of the European environment Agency and the European Commission.
The study was carried out analysis of water in more than 21 000 officially registered bathing areas that included places on the coast and inland waters. Experts were looking for signs of pollution domestic wastewater, waste enterprises, farms and rural farms.
Revealed that 96.3% of the studied beaches meet the minimum standards of quality and 85.1% of a high standard. Thus, there was a positive dynamics in comparison with the results of previous studies — by 0.2% and 1.1%, respectively.
A perfect result showed the beaches of Monaco. Then follow Cyprus and Malta (99%), Greece (97%) and Austria (95%).
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