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[VD09] Inland bathing water quality
Impacts

Key message
Neutral

Monitoring of quality of inland bathing waters shows occasional microbiological contamination, which is more pronounced at turbulent weather.

Charts

Figure VD09-1: Percentage of comply samples taken for microbiological and physical-chemical tests for inland bathing waters
Sources:

Database on Bathing Sites by Natural Waters 1996-2003, Institute of Public Health, 2005

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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
samples taken for microbiological tests no. 166 151 166 148 208 184 233 181
microbiological suitable samples no. 82 77 94 100 145 112 140 123
microbiological suitable samples % 49 51 57 68 70 61 60 68
samples taken for phys.-chem. tests no. 132 132 78 108 172 140 194 169
phys.-chem. suitable samples no. 83 105 22 83 114 94 136 111
phys.-chem. suitable samples % 63 80 28 77 66 67 70 66
Figure VD09-2: Share of compliant samples from inland bathing areas
Sources:

Database on the quality of bathing water in the bathing areas in the years 2004-2007, Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, 2008, and in the natural bathing areas in the years 2004-2007, Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia, 2008

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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
samples taken number 24 24 28 28 28 28
natural bathing areas - microbiological compliant samples % 92 96 100 100 100 100
natural bathing areas - phys.-chem. compliant samples % 100 100 100 100 100 100
bathing areas - samples taken number 115 199 184 169 167 233
bathing areas - microbiological compliant samples % 82 71 84 82 76 88
bathing areas - phys.-chem. compliant samples % 100 100 100 100 100 100
Figure VD09-3: Inland bathing water quality
Sources:

Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, 2008

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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Compliance with mandatory values number 5 2 7 10 5 15
non-compliant bathing water number 7 9 3 2 5 1
Compliance with guide values number 5 7 8 6 8 9
unsatisfying sampling number 1 0 0 0 0 0
Compliance with mandatory values % 27.8 11.1 38.9 55.6 27.8 60
non-compliant bathing water % 38.9 50 16.7 11.1 27.8 4
Compliance with guide values % 27.8 38.9 44.4 33.3 44.4 36
unsatisfying sampling % 5.5 0 0 0 0 0
Figure VD09-4: Bathing water in Dolenjska and Notranjska region
Sources:

Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia; basis: Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia

Figure VD09-5: Bathing water in Goriška and Gorenjska region
Sources:

Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia; basis: Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia

Figure VD09-6: Kopalne vode na Goriškem leta 2009
Sources:

Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia; background: Survaying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia, 2009

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Last modified
16.06.2010
Author(s)

Mateja Poje, Slovenian Environment Agency; Ivanka Gale, National Institute of Public Health