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Results : Burntisland

Sample results

Date Escherichia coli (cfu/100ml) Intestinal enterococci (cfu/100ml)
15 May 2024 20 <10
03 June 2024 10 <10
05 June 2024 20 <10
11 June 2024 <10 <10
19 June 2024 20 <10
26 June 2024 80 10
03 July 2024 <10 <10
10 July 2024 20 <10
15 July 2024 <10 <10
23 July 2024 10 10
25 July 2024 30 10
01 August 2024 10 10
07 August 2024 110 160
15 August 2024 1300 300
21 August 2024 150 90
28 August 2024 <10 30
02 September 2024 130 80
10 September 2024 40 40

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 Good
2018 Good
2019 Good
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.