Greek Beaches & High Quality Bathing Water
Posted by evdomada on June 18, 2009
Continuing on from the Blue Flag program I came across the news link below from the Greek News Agenda. Basically it’s another report that has used a set of criteria to test the quality of water around various parts of the world. Greece is included in the report and the results are quite good.
The official website with all the information is quite cool with interactive maps displaying the clean beaches and other criteria.
I have zoomed into my favorite part of the world to check out whether my beaches are clean. Click here for the map which of course can be zoomed out and moved around using the arrows in the outer border of the map.
Below is the article from the Greek News Agency.
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The European Commission’s latest report regarding the quality of bathing water during the 2008 season puts Greece in one of the top spots for cleanest bathing waters.
The parameters taken into account for the assessment – according to the mandatory quality standards of the updated 2006 Bathing Water Directive of the European Union – are the amount of microbiological, physical and chemical elements.
After monitoring several bathing water samples, the results of the report confirmed that Greece’s coastal bathing waters and freshwater in lakes meet all the standards set by the EU.
The countries with the best scores in bathing water quality are: Cyprus (98.2%), Greece (97.7%), France (96.3%), and Malta (94.3%).
European Environment Agency: State of Bathing Water
Source: Greek News Agenda
