Water quality in Brandenburg: These swimming lakes are now taboo!

Water quality in Brandenburg: These swimming lakes are now taboo!

Schwielowsee, Deutschland - Summer is in full swing and the current weather conditions in Brandenburg make many people long for a cooling in the bathing lakes. But how safe is swimming in these waters? Unfortunately, there are worrying messages from the last water quality analysis of the Federal Environmental Office of 2024: three bathing spots have not existed, including the Scharmützelsee, the Hohensaaten-Friedrichsthaler-Wasserstraße and the River Badest point Schwedt/Oder. The supervisory authorities alerted these results and warned accordingly that bathing pleasure is not advisable here. [Berlin-Live] (https://www.berlin-live.de/freizeit/badesee-brandenburg-wasserqualitaet- Alternative ID477618.html) reports and gives alternatives to still enjoy the coolness.

The recommended bathing spots in Brandenburg include the Werbellinsee in the district of Barnim, the Senftenberger See in the district of Oberspreewald-Lausitz and the Schwielowsee in Potsdam-Mittelmark. For everyone who wants to have fun-independent bathrooms, the Tropical Islands in Krausnick is an excellent indoor bathing alternative. In Berlin, on the other hand, the bathing lakes passed all water qualification tests and are therefore suitable for swimmers.

gratifying data on water quality

Environmental Federal Agency offers detailed insights into the water quality of many bathing areas.

The European Commission also published a current annual report on bathing water, which shows that in 2021 almost 85% of bathing water in Europe were evaluated. In Germany, this proportion is even 90.4%. Of the 2,291 bathing spots tested, 2,071 had an "excellent", 130 a "good" and only 14 bathing spots (0.6%) were rated as "poor". The improved values ​​are the result of years of efforts for good water quality by the EU regulations that have been in force since 2006 and have been implemented in Germany in 16 country regulations. [EU-German] (https://germany.represation.ec.europa.eu/news/ab-ins-wasser--meisteiste--europaische-Badgewasser-Hochsten- Highest-HochstatatsstandsArs-2022-06-03_de) emphasizes the positive development in recent decades.

The bathing season in Germany therefore speaks for itself: thanks to a strict surveillance system and the implementation of European standards, the quality of bathing water remains excellent in many regions. However, the warnings related to certain bathing areas are an important indication that swimmers should always pay attention to the current water quality reports. The water lovers are expected to look forward to a variety of safe bathing options in the coming weeks.