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Results : Whitesands

Sample results

Date Escherichia coli (cfu/100ml) Intestinal enterococci (cfu/100ml)
22 May 2024 160 40
04 June 2024 30 10
06 June 2024 10 260
10 June 2024 <10 <10
18 June 2024 20 <10
25 June 2024 10 <10
02 July 2024 10 <10
08 July 2024 <10 <10
16 July 2024 10 <10
25 July 2024 190 220
29 July 2024 <10 <10
31 July 2024 <10 <10
06 August 2024 50 30
13 August 2024 <10 <10
19 August 2024 30 <10
26 August 2024 <10 <10
03 September 2024 50 30
09 September 2024 100 50

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 Excellent
2020 See above
2021 Excellent
2022 Excellent
2023 Excellent
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.