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Results : Broad Sands

Sample results

Date Escherichia coli (cfu/100ml) Intestinal enterococci (cfu/100ml)
15 May 2025 10 <10
03 June 2025 130 160
05 June 2025 120 40
09 June 2025 10 20
17 June 2025 <10 <10
01 July 2025 70 80
07 July 2025 10 10
15 July 2025 <10 20
24 July 2025 60 120
28 July 2025 20 10
30 July 2025 10 50
05 August 2025 150 20
12 August 2025 10 <10
20 August 2025 60 30
26 August 2025 110 50
02 September 2025 690 180
08 September 2025 300 800

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
2017 Good
2018 Good
2019 Good
2020 See above
2021 Good
2022 Good
2023 Good
2024 Good
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.