The wonderful outcomes concerning the standard of the washing waters in Cyprus are essential not just for the well being of the bathers and the setting but additionally for the economic system of Cyprus, which is linked to the standard of our sea and the vacationer exercise, he notes in an announcement of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Improvement and Setting referring to the Bathing Water High quality outcomes for the 12 months 2023 of the European Fee.
Stating that Cyprus is ranked – for the second consecutive 12 months – in first place in Europe because the nation with the cleanest bathing waters in 2023, the Ministry states that based on the outcomes of the European Fee's Report, Cyprus for 2023 is in compliance with the stricter specs of the Directive for the Administration of the High quality of Bathing Waters and has fulfilled all of the obligations arising from it.
It’s added that for the swimming season of 2023, which lasted from Could 1 to October 31, 123 areas of swimming water all through the coastal zone of the free Cyprus have been monitored on at the very least a month-to-month foundation, whereas a sampling was additionally carried out earlier than the beginning of swimming interval.
“The direct relationship between the standard of swimming waters and well being and the setting is self-evident. There’s additionally a direct correlation of the standard of the washing waters with tourism and due to this fact the superb outcomes are essential not just for the well being of the bathers and the setting but additionally for the economic system of Cyprus, which is linked to the standard of our sea and the vacationer exercise”, the announcement states.
This success and first “which honors Cyprus” for the second consecutive 12 months, the announcement states, “is because of the excellent cooperation” of the Division of the Setting, which has total duty for the implementation of the Directive, with the Well being Providers and Public Well being Providers and the State Common Chemistry in addition to the Native Authorities Authorities.
As famous, the European Fee introduced on Tuesday the ultimate outcomes for Europe's bathing water high quality, based on which, for the 2023 swimming season, Cyprus obtained a compliance charge of 97.6% with 120 out of 123 bathing water factors to be characterised as glorious high quality. It’s added that “solely” three factors haven’t but been categorised resulting from a restricted variety of samples.
“This efficiency ranks Cyprus in first place in Europe with the cleanest swimming waters”, it states, noting that in second place is Austria with 96.9%, adopted by Croatia with 96.7% and Greece with a proportion of 95 .8%.
The announcement notes that swimming “is a massively fashionable and essential leisure exercise in Europe” and that an annual evaluation of European swimming areas exhibits how nicely environmental safety measures are carried out, permitting residents to make knowledgeable selections about the place to go for to benefit from the swimming areas in Europe.
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