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Results : Saltcoats/Ardrossan

Sample results

Date Escherichia coli (cfu/100ml) Intestinal enterococci (cfu/100ml)
20 May 2024 <10 <10
04 June 2024 70 10
12 June 2024 <10 <10
17 June 2024 <10 <10
19 June 2024 10 <10
26 June 2024 <10 <10
04 July 2024 10 <10
10 July 2024 40 20
17 July 2024 60 20
23 July 2024 <10 <10
30 July 2024 20 <10
07 August 2024 4500 900
13 August 2024 140 20
15 August 2024 1000 370
21 August 2024 20 <10
27 August 2024 2200 280
03 September 2024 690 100
10 September 2024 120 60

Historic results

Please note: There were no classifications calculated for 2020/21 due to the shortened season and reduced sampling during the COVID pandemic.

Year Classification
2017 Sufficient
2018 Sufficient
2019 Sufficient
2020 See above
2021 Good
2022 Good
2023 Good
UKAS: ISO 17025

These Results were produced by a UKAS accredited testing laboratory No. 1327.

Results explained

The annual bathing water classification is determined using statistics calculated from results taken over the previous four years. The water quality indicators we test for are the bacteria E Coli (EC) and intestinal enterococci (IE). The statistics take account of both the average value and the range of values in the four year dataset.

Single sample results above 500 EC and 200 IE are indicative that water was of low quality when the sample was taken. For inland waters the low quality boundaries are higher at 1000 EC and 400 IE.