The applicability of WHO/UNEP criteria and the EC bathing water directive as microbial water quality guidelines were examined by means of an epidemiological-microbiological study of two Mediterranean bathing beaches. Neither set of guidelines proved particularly successful for protecting the public from health hazards related to faecal contamination of bathing waters.

Bathing water quality, microbial standards, WHO/UNEP criteria, EC bathing water directive, health effects, epidemiology, faecal contamination
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