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5.3 Information and public interest

With their focus on the human part of the water cycle, and the quality of water for human consumption and use, the three water industry directives are of significant public interest.

The BWD, in particular, considers the public interest obliging the responsible public authorities to provide information on each bathing water site to the public in an easily accessible format during the bathing season. The EEA publishes annual reports of European bathing water quality and provides information on the EEA website, including links to national websites.

While up-to-date bathing water information is available to the public at bathing sites, timely information on regional and local drinking water quality is frequently rather scarce.

For the UWWTD, the EC publishes regular implementation reports on improvements in waste water treatment. In addition, the information reported by the Member States can be found  in the Water Information System for Europe on the EEA website and the water data centre (WISE, http://water.europa.eu/).