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3.3.       From polluted to excellent bathing waters

Over almost 30 years there has been an increase in the number of European bathing waters that are monitored and managed under the BWD. The increase was especially dramatic between 1990 and 1991: the number of bathing water sites monitored by seven EU Member States in 1990 was 7 539, while just a year later, there were five more Member States and the number of bathing waters increased to 15 075. Since 2004, bathing water quality has been monitored at more than 20 000 locations; in 2019 there were 22 295 official bathing waters in Europe (Figure 2).