{"id":17907,"date":"2020-05-18T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T15:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/?p=17907"},"modified":"2026-09-19T22:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T20:24:12","slug":"sars-cov-2-and-bathing-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.phytocontrol.com\/en\/regulatory-watch\/sars-cov-2-and-bathing-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"SARS-CoV-2 and bathing water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 1 May 2020, the French High Council for Public Health published <a href=\"\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Avis-HCSP.pdf\">an opinion on the use of bathing water and water from the natural environment<\/a> in the context of the Covid-19 crisis.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the absence of data currently available on\nthe evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in natural aquatic environments, the panel\nof experts worked by analogy with existing data on other\nviruses.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Issues related to water from the sewage\nnetwork (pumping station failures, etc.) or during heavy rainfall\nevents (overflow of storm outlets) near a bathing site can lead to\nthe presence of bacteria or viruses in the water.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the possible symptoms of this virus is diarrhoea. Studies have shown that the genome of SARS-CoV-2 is found in\nthe stools of infected people without this necessarily indicating\ninfectiousness.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The French High Council for Public Health recommends:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>compliance with general physical<br\/>distancing measures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>paying particular attention to<br\/>monitoring bathing water quality with regard to faecal<br\/>contamination<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>increasing the frequency of bathing water<br\/>checks, with at least one weekly analysis of e.coli and<br\/>enterococci. Sanitary control of the water must be carried out before the site<br\/>opens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phytocontrol offers to support you with your control plan by carrying out\nsampling and analysis of e.coli and enterococci\nunder accreditation and in accordance with current regulations.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please\ncontact our customer service dedicated line at <a href=\"tel:+33%20800%20900%20775\">+33\n800 900 775<\/a> or by email at <a href=\"mailto:service-clients@phytocontrol.com\">service-clients@phytocontrol.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 1 May 2020, the French High Council for Public Health published an opinion on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":13134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulatory-watch"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - 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