National report shows increase of "excellent" EU bathing waters in Sweden
More than 90 percent of the EU bathing waters in Sweden met at least sufficient water quality standards in 2017. There has also been an increase in bathing waters classified as excellent. “We are very happy to see that actions, taken by local municipalities, are leading to higher quality of bathing waters in Sweden”, says Ylva Engwall at Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, SwAM.