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Emerging issues for bathing water management in Europe

The final chapter of this report surveyed the challenges ahead for bathing water management in Europe. Most notably, there will be climatic changes in the future that will substantially affect bathing and its management. Higher demand for bathing will press national authorities to expand their bathing water networks, identify and monitor new bathing waters and ensure that supporting infrastructure is in place. Rises in sea water levels, altered and extreme river flows and floods, as well as rising air and water temperatures are likely to significantly affect bathing and its management in Europe. However, substantial regional differences are expected in all these processes. Among the issues already present, floods and short-term pollution events are likely to increase, making water managers compete with other water users such as agriculture and industry in order to ensure adequate bathing water quantity and quality during such events.