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Results : Ayr (South Beach)

Sample results

Date Escherichia coli (cfu/100ml) Intestinal enterococci (cfu/100ml)
22 May 2024 60 <10
03 June 2024 280 170
05 June 2024 160 90
12 June 2024 <10 <10
17 June 2024 <10 <10
19 June 2024 10 10
25 June 2024 350 180
02 July 2024 40 30
08 July 2024 80 20
15 July 2024 40 10
17 July 2024 30 20
22 July 2024 30 20
31 July 2024 30 20
07 August 2024 1000 200
13 August 2024 40 20
20 August 2024 >10000 1200
28 August 2024 450 <10
04 September 2024 890 100

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 Poor
2018 Poor
2019 Poor
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.