Good quality of French bathing waters

Good quality of French bathing waters

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Each year, the ARS (Regional Health Agencies) organise bathing water quality monitoring on more than 3350 sites in France.

The quality of bathing waters is governed by European Directive 2006/7/EC, which lays down microbiological criteria for assessing water quality.

For inland waters:

Parameter Excellent quality Good quality Sufficient Reference methods of analysis
Intestinal enterococci (cfu/100
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