[MR05] Bathing water quality in costal zones
Key message
The quality of bathing water along the Slovenian coast is excellent, which ranks Slovenia at the top among the EU countries.
Definition
This indicator shows coastal sea bathing water in Slovenia and its quality. A bathing area is a section of coastal water intended exclusively for bathing. Bathing areas are designated where a large number of people bathe or expect to bathe or where bathing is carried out as a direct use of water for the activity of bathing areas.
Bathing water is divided as follows:
- Bathing areas – areas in the natural environment where the public bathes at their own risk, while water quality monitoring is provided;
- Natural bathing sites – bathing areas that have a manager and a permit for direct use of water, while bathing is organised in accordance with the legislation governing prevention of drowning.
Charts
Database on bathing water quality, National institute of Public Health (2009); Database on bathing water quality (2010-2024), Slovenian Environment Agency (2025)
| excellent | good or sufficient | poor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| 2005 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| 2006 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| 2007 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
| 2008 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 2009 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2010 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2011 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| 2012 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2013 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2014 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2015 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2016 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2017 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2018 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| 2024 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
Slovenian Environment Agency, 2017; Map base: Slovenian Environment Agency, Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning, Surveying and Mapping Authority of the RS (14/10/2025)
Goals
To monitor the quality of bathing water and to provide or improve the quality of bathing water with the purpose of protecting the bathers' health.
Methodology
- ARSO: Poročila o kakovosti kopalnih voda. Ljubljana, Ministrstvo za okolje in prostor, Agencija RS za okolje. URL: https://www.arso.gov.si/vode/kopalne%20vode/poro%c4%8dila%20in%20%c4%8dlanki/
- Spletno mesto državne uprave s celovitimi informacijami o njenem delovanju in preprostim dostopom do storitev: https://www.gov.si/teme/kopalne-vode/
- NIJZ: Kopanje in zdravje, URL: https://www.nijz.si/sl/podrocja-dela/moje-okolje/kopalna-voda
- Direktiva 2006/7/ES – priloga 2. URL: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32006L0007&from=EN
- Evropska okoljska agencija, 2024. State of bathing waters. URL: https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/maps-and-charts/state-of-bathing-…