Bathing water quality data in Northern Ireland

Each year our Water Management Unit assesses the results of Northern Ireland's Bathing Water monitoring against the microbiological requirements of Bathing Water Directive 76/160/EEC.

Compliance record of Northern Ireland Bathing Waters from 1996 to 2011 (.PDF 49Kb).

The 2011 microbiological results upon which the 2011 compliance was based have been published in 24 documents, one for each bathing water. These can be found on our publications web page. Please use the keyword search 'microbiological'. Links to each individual document can be found below.

North Coast Bathing Waters

• Microbiological Results for Magilligan (Benone) Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 54Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Magilligan (Downhill) Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 53Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Castlerock Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 51Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Portstewart Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 53Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Portrush (Mill) West Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 55Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Portrush (Curran) East Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 55Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Portrush (Whiterocks) Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 55Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Portballintrae Salmon Rock Bathing Water 2008 and 2011 (.PDF 41Kb)

Antrim Coast Bathing Waters

• Microbiological Results for Ballycastle Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 51Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Waterfoot Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 51Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Carnlough Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 54Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Ballygalley Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 50Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Brown's Bay Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 51Kb)

North Down Bathing Waters

• Microbiological Results for Helen's Bay Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 50Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Crawfordsburn Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 52Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Ballyholme Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 51Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Groomsport Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 50Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Millisle Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 50Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Ballywalter Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 51Kb)

South Down Bathing Waters

• Microbiological Results for Tyrella Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 49Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Newcastle Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 51Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Murlough County Down Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 54Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Nicholson's Strand Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 55Kb)
• Microbiological Results for Cranfield Bay Bathing Water 2006 to 2011 (.PDF 53Kb)