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Poland holds unenviable position as EU's worst for bathing water quality

09.07.2024 16:06
Poland was identified as the EU country with the lowest percentage of bathing sites achieving 'excellent water quality,' as indicated by a joint report from the European Environment Agency and the European Commission.
Cyprus boasts the highest percentage of bathing sites with excellent water quality. Poland ranked last in the European Union in this ranking, surpassing only Albania, which is outside the Community, according to a report by the European Environment Agency and the European Commission.
Cyprus boasts the highest percentage of bathing sites with "excellent water quality." Poland ranked last in the European Union in this ranking, surpassing only Albania, which is outside the Community, according to a report by the European Environment Agency and the European Commission.Nataliya Vaitkevich/Pexels.com/CC0

The 2023 report on European bathing water quality included EU member states, Albania, and Switzerland.

It revealed that the majority of bathing sites met the highest EU standards, with 85.4% rated as 'excellent' and only 1.5% as 'poor.'

Coastal waters generally had better quality than inland waters, with 89% of coastal sites rated excellent compared to 79% of inland sites.

Cyprus led with 97.6% of its waters rated excellent, followed by Austria and Croatia. Albania and Poland had the lowest percentages of excellent sites, with Poland performing the worst among EU countries.

Hungary, Estonia, Belgium, and Romania also had lower percentages of clean sites.

The report highlighted that 406 out of Poland's 739 bathing sites were rated excellent, while 21 were rated poor.

Croatia topped the sea water cleanliness category, followed by Cyprus and Greece.

The report concluded that bathing is safe at most EU sites, with 96% meeting minimum quality standards, but noted ongoing surface and groundwater pollution issues.

Source: PAP

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