Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC (c. 7)

ANNEX I U.K.

For inland waters U.K.

a Based upon a 95‐percentile evaluation. See Annex II.
b Based upon a 90‐percentile evaluation. See Annex II.
	A	B	C	D	E
	Parameter	Excellent quality	Good quality	Sufficient	Reference methods of analysis
1	Intestinal enterococci (cfu/100 ml)	200a	400a	330b	ISO 7899-1 or ISO 7899-2
2	Escherichia coli (cfu/100 ml)	500a	1 000a	900b	ISO 9308-3 or ISO 9308-1