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Water Quality at Local Beaches

The quality of sea water at our beaches is measured regulary in the four following locations:

 

      Sandwich Bay         Deal Castle          St Margarets Bay       Dover Harbour
8 May 2011 Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines
15 May 2011  Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines
22 May 2011 Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines
29 May 2011 Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines
5 June 2011 Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines
12 June 2011 Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines
19 June 2011 Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines
26 June 2011 Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water quality in the sample met the Directive's main Mandatory standards: Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines
3 July 2011 Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines
10 July 2011 Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines
17 July 2011 Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines
24 July 2011 Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines
31 July 2011 Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water quality in the sample met the Directive's main Mandatory standards: Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water quality in the sample met the Directive's main Mandatory standards:
7 August 2011 Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water quality in the sample met the Directive's main Mandatory standards: Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines
14 August 2011 Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water quality in the sample met the Directive's main Mandatory standards: Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines
21 August 2011 Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water quality in the sample met the Directive's main Mandatory standards: Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines
28 August 2011 Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water quality in the sample met the Directive's main Mandatory standards: Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water quality in the sample met the Directive's main Mandatory standards:
4 September 2011 Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water quality in the sample met the Directive's main Mandatory standards: Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines
11 September 2011 No sampling undertaken No sampling undertaken No sampling undertaken No sampling undertaken
18 September 2011 Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines

 

 

What do the stars mean?
(The more boxes filled the better the water quality)

 

Water Quality met the most stringent guidelines

Water quality in the sample met the Directive's most stringent Guideline standards:

  • Total coliforms no more than 500 per 100ml of water
  • Faecal coliforms no more than 100 per 100ml of water
  • Faecal Streptococci no more than 100 per 100ml of water

 

 

Water quality in the sample met the Directive's main Mandatory standards:

Water quality in the sample met the Directive's main Mandatory standards:

  • Total coliforms no more than 10,000 per 100 ml of water
  • Faecal coliforms no more than 2,000 per 100 ml of water.

 

 

Water quality in the sample failed to meet the main Mandatory standards.

Water quality in the sample failed to meet the main Mandatory standards.

 

 

 

Blue Flag website: www.seasideawards.org.uk

 

 

Contact Environmental Health

Tel: 01304 872428
E-mail: envhealth@dover.gov.uk


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