{"id":544120,"date":"2026-08-27T00:13:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.phytocontrol.com\/uncategorized\/bathing-water-quality-in-france-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T00:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:13:38","slug":"bathing-water-quality-in-france-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.phytocontrol.com\/en\/regulatory-watch\/bathing-water-quality-in-france-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathing water quality in France in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the summer season approaches, the Ministry of Health has published its latest review of bathing water quality in France.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2024, <strong>90.5<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>%<\/strong> <strong>of French bathing sites<\/strong> were classified as <strong>\u201cexcellent\u201d<\/strong> or <strong>\u201cgood\u201d<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>quality<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the <strong>3,360 sites monitored<\/strong> across the country, <strong>74.2<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>%<\/strong> show \u201cexcellent\u201d quality and <strong>16.3<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>%<\/strong> \u201cgood\u201d quality.  <\/p>\n<p><br\/ ><\/p>\n<h3>Une am\u00e9lioration continue\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2013, the proportion of sites classified as \u201cexcellent\u201d has increased significantly, rising from <strong>72<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>% to over 74<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>%<\/strong>, while sites deemed \u201cinsufficient\u201d quality have decreased, now representing only <strong>2.9<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>%<\/strong> of bathing sites. This improvement is largely due to major investments in sanitation networks, as well as rigorous health monitoring carried out throughout the year. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bathing water quality is assessed according to strict criteria set by European Directive 2006\/7\/EC. Regular analyses are carried out to measure the presence of bacteria indicating faecal pollution, such as <strong>Escherichia coli<\/strong> and <strong>intestinal enterococci<\/strong>. In the event of pollution, management measures are put in place immediately: bathing bans, on-site signage and communication to the public. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phytocontrol holds national approval from the Ministry of Health and the Environment for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/waters\/\">sampling and analysis for water sanitary control<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will find details of our accreditations in our COFRAC technical appendix No. 1-6066. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Need technical, regulatory or pricing information? Our customer service is available from 8am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday, on +33 800 900 775 or <a href=\"mailto:service-clients@phytocontrol.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">service-clients@phytocontrol.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And to stay up to date with all Phytocontrol news, follow us on our LinkedIn page! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the summer season approaches, the Ministry of Health has published its latest review of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544120","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) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bathing water quality in France in 2024 - 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