Austria's bathing waters among the European leaders
The water quality of rivers, lakes and streams in Austria is the second best in Europe. This is shown by the current bathing water report of the European Environment Agency (EEA).
The quality of around 22,000 bathing waters in the EU, Albania and Switzerland is assessed every year on the basis of the EU Bathing Water Directive. The results are summarized and analyzed in the EEA Bathing Water Report. The current report again confirms the excellent water quality in Austria. Thus, of the total of 260 domestic bathing sites examined, 99.2% (258 sites) are classified as "excellent" or "good". 252 sites, or 96.9%, even have "excellent bathing water quality," with six sites rated "good." The quality of one site was to be classified as "sufficient". One site could not be evaluated.
Measured by the share of monitoring sites classified as "excellent" in the total number of sites examined, Austria ranks second in the EU ranking behind Cyprus with 96.9%.
Up-to-date info at a click
Current measured values and detailed information on water quality, visibility depth and temperature from all Austrian bathing sites are available on the
Website of the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES).
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