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Results : Cruden Bay

Sample results

Date Escherichia coli (cfu/100ml) Intestinal enterococci (cfu/100ml)
21 May 2024 330 20
04 June 2024 30 <10
10 June 2024 <10 <10
12 June 2024 10 <10
19 June 2024 230 20
26 June 2024 10 10
01 July 2024 20 10
03 July 2024 10 <10
10 July 2024 570 280
17 July 2024 80 10
24 July 2024 370 100
29 July 2024 <10 10
07 August 2024 10 <10
14 August 2024 30 <10
20 August 2024 200 50
27 August 2024 100 20
03 September 2024 1500 670
09 September 2024 60 30

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
2019 Good
2021 Good
2022 Good
2023 Excellent
2024 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.