Geographical distribution of monitoring sites and Bathing Water Profiles

During the 2011 bathing season, the quality of bathing waters was monitored in 2155 sampling points across the country, according to the principles and guidelines of JMD 8600/416/E103/2009.

Bathing water Profiles were prepared for all beaches where the Monitoring Programme applied. Neighbouring monitoring points of the same river basin, located at adjacent waters and with a common designation for the past 4 years, have been grouped and composed one single Profile.

The sum of 1,664 Bathing Water Profiles constitute the Registry of Bathing Water Profiles for the country (Coastal Map | Bathing water limits of profiles). The beaches are those included in the monitoring programme for the year 2023, which consists of 1,731 monitoring points (Point Map | Locations of sampling points).

The following tables show the monitoring points and bathing water Profiles by Region and Water District.

Table 1:Number of Monitoring sites and bathing water Profiles by Region for the 2023 bathing season

REGION

Monitoring sites by region

Bathing water profiles by region

Eastern Macedonia - Thrace

56

56

Thessaly

107

103

Epirus

37

37

Western Greece

86

78

Peloponnese

191

191

Ionian Islands

171

169

North Aegean

138

134

Crete

177

177

Central Macedonia

118

115

Western Macedonia

21

1

Central Greece

158

140

Attica

186

171

South Aegean

304

292

Total Points:

1731

1664

Table 2: Number of Monitoring sites and bathing water Profiles by Water District for the 2023 bathing season

RBD

wd name

monitoring points by wd

bathing water profiles by wd

EL01

Western Peloponnese

68

67

EL02

Northern Peloponnese

145

143

EL03

Eastern Peloponnese

134

130

EL04

Westren Central Greece

68

63

EL05

Epirus

112

110

EL06

Attica

157

146

EL07

Eastern Central Greece

187

168

EL08

Thessaly

69

66

EL09

Western Macedonia

11

10

EL10

Central Macedonia

101

98

EL11

Eastern Macedonia

20

20

EL12

Thrace

40

40

EL13

Crete

177

177

EL14

Aegean Islands

442

426

Total Points:

1731

1664

 

Related Links for further Information

MEECC – Environment - Waters – Bathing coasts
MEECC – Environment - Waters – Bathing coasts – Institutional Framework
European Environment Agency  - Central Data Depository
European Environment Agency – Bathing water status

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