Designated Bathing Waters
Beach areas are designated under the Bathing Waters Directive (76/160/EEC) to protect the environment and public health at locations where bathing is not prohibited and is traditionally practised by a large number of bathers. The Directive requires that water quality at all designated bathing waters must meet specific microbiological requirements in order to protect the health of those that bathe there. The waters are designated on the basis of significant use, taking into account varying population densities and visitor numbers. There are currently 86 site designations contained in this dataset.
dataset
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www.gov.scot
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environment
Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
publication
2008-06-01
Water and beach safety
revision
2006-04-02
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-0.71
60.87
54.63
creation
2013-08-01
revision
2017-06-01
annually
On-screen digitising using 1:50K landranger as backdrop was used for bathing Waters 1 - 80, following designations were digitised using Ordnance Suvey Mastermap, this was then buffered by 100m offshore.
publication
2010-12-08
false
WMS
1.3.0
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Geographic Information Science and Analysis Team
Scottish Government
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
United Kingdom
publisher
Environmental Quality Division
Scottish Government
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
United Kingdom
pointOfContact
Geographic Information Science and Analysis Team
Scottish Government
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
United Kingdom
pointOfContact
2020-07-28T10:15:11