The quality of the water for swimming in Croatia is still among the highest in Europe, and in first place when it comes to coastal swimming pools, according to a report published on Tuesday by the European Commission and the European Environment Agency.
According to a report with data for last year, the largest share of excellent bathing waters is found in Greece, Croatia, Cyprus and Austria. The report covers 27 member states as well as Albania and Switzerland.
According to the directive on bathing water, the quality of bathing water is assessed on the basis of microbiological data, and it is classified into poor, satisfactory, good and excellent quality waters, reports Hina news agency.
The quality of coastal bathing waters in Europe is generally better than inland waters.
Of the 936 swimming pools tested in 2023 in Croatia, 905, or 96.7 percent, were of excellent quality, 22 of good quality and 5 of satisfactory quality. None were of poor quality.
When it comes only to coastal swimming pools, Croatia is in first place in Europe, out of 894 tested waters, 886 of them were of excellent quality, which is 99.1 percent.
As for terrestrial bathing waters, out of 42 tested bathing areas, 19 of them had water of excellent quality, i.e. 45.2 percent, 18 were of good quality and three were of satisfactory quality.
