Croatia will inspect cleanliness of its beaches

Croatia, which is famous by its crystal clear waters and stunning beaches, continues active work on maintaining the status of one of the most environmentally friendly resorts in Europe. Before the coming tourist season Croatian authorities have begun to check water quality and beaches of the Adriatic Sea.

Regular inspections will be held from May to September and cover the whole Croatian coast. Different tests in 906 most visited places from Dubrovnik to Istria will be carried out as part of the study.

To analyze the cleanliness of the Adriatic Sea Croatian experts will carry out numerous studies of water quality and microbiological tests, where will be taken into account salinity, water and air temperature, as well as a number of other characteristics.

According to the Croatia Times, water tests on the Adriatic Sea have already began in some Croatian districts. Samples were taken at 59 different locations of the Primorsko Goranska county. The collected specimens will be thoroughly tested in the laboratory of the Public health care institute.

According to the results of the last year water quality monitoring on the Croatian Adriatic Sea, which is held annually under the patronage of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, in Croatia there is a number of places with poor quality of sea water. For example, tourists are advised to avoid such beaches as Kamp and Gojača near the town of Kaštela (Kaštel Sućurac municipality), Ht. Nimfa beach nearby Makarska Rivijera (Živogošće municipality), Ušće beach not far from Ploče (Ploče municipality). They were considered as the dirtiest in Croatia, according to the Adriatic Sea water monitoring in 2011.

Despite the fact that most beaches in Croatia are extremely clean and awarded with blue flags, in 2011 the following beaches were recognized only relatively clean:

AC Kažela - Textil Strand (Kazela, Medulin municipality),
AC Kažela - FKK (Kazela, Medulin municipality),
AC Medulin - Spoj mali poluotok (Medulin, Medulin municipality),
AC Stupice - Južno od poluotoka (Premantura, Medulin municipality),
Kantrida nogometno igralište (Rijeka),
Kantrida - Rekreacijski centar 3. Maj (Rijeka)
Prvić Luka, mjesto (Vodice),
Skradin mjesto (Skradin)
Duhanska Stanica (Trogir)
Torac (Kaštel Gomilica)

However, despite the beaches with poor water condition, it should be noted that their number is less than 0.5% of the total number of beaches at Croatian resorts, while more than 95% of Croatian beaches are awarded with blue flags. It should also be noted that last year Croatia held the second place in purity of seaside resorts among 30 European countries following Cyprus.

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