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Results : Kinghorn (Harbour Beach)

Sample results

Date Escherichia coli (cfu/100ml) Intestinal enterococci (cfu/100ml)
15 May 2024 60 10
03 June 2024 510 290
05 June 2024 20 <10
11 June 2024 30 <10
19 June 2024 40 60
26 June 2024 690 200
03 July 2024 40 40
10 July 2024 30 60
15 July 2024 320 10
23 July 2024 <10 70
25 July 2024 10 20
01 August 2024 70 160
07 August 2024 50 <10
15 August 2024 950 320
21 August 2024 140 120
28 August 2024 270 230
02 September 2024 480 100
10 September 2024 10 10

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 Sufficient
2020 See above
2021 Sufficient
2022 Poor
2023 Poor
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.