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Results : Aberdour Harbour (Black Sands)

Sample results

Date Escherichia coli (cfu/100ml) Intestinal enterococci (cfu/100ml)
15 May 2024 10 <10
03 June 2024 <10 <10
05 June 2024 <10 <10
11 June 2024 20 <10
19 June 2024 90 50
26 June 2024 100 <10
03 July 2024 10 <10
10 July 2024 10 40
15 July 2024 10 <10
23 July 2024 20 20
25 July 2024 20 <10
01 August 2024 <10 <10
07 August 2024 50 <10
15 August 2024 10 <10
21 August 2024 120 200
28 August 2024 10 <10
02 September 2024 60 20
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 Good
2018 Good
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.