Monitoring of quality of inland bathing waters shows occasional microbiological contamination, which is more pronounced at turbulent weather.
Slovenian Environment Agency, 2011; Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia, 2011
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ||
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Compliance with mandatory values | number | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 26 |
non-compliant bathing water | number | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Compliance with guide values | number | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 13 |
unsatisfying sampling | number | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Compliance with mandatory values | % | 27.8 | 11.1 | 38.9 | 55.6 | 27.8 | 60 | 44 | 50 |
non-compliant bathing water | % | 38.9 | 50 | 16.7 | 11.1 | 27.8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Compliance with guide values | % | 27.8 | 38.9 | 44.4 | 33.3 | 44.4 | 36 | 56 | 50 |
unsatisfying sampling | % | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Database on the quality of bathing water in the bathing areas in the years 2004-2009, Slovenian Environment Agency, 2010, and in the natural bathing areas in the years 2004-2007, Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia, 2010
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | ||
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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 |
Database on Bathing Sites by Natural Waters 1996-2003, ; Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia, 2005
1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | ||
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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 |
Mateja Poje, Slovenian Environment Agency; Ivanka Gale, Public Helath Institute of the Republic of Slovenia