The Public Health Office (ÚVZ) of the Slovak Republic prepared during the bathing season with information on the quality of water for swimming in natural water bodies, natural and artificial swimming pools. It obtains information on the basis of routine checks and standard sampling during the usual monitoring of bathing water quality. ÚVZ informed on the social network that the bathing season officially lasts from June 15 to September 15, when the largest number of bathers is expected.
- The Public Health Office has prepared interactive maps of water quality for bathing.
- The swimming season in Slovakia lasts from the fifteenth of June to the fifteenth of September.
- The maps distinguish between natural water bodies and different types of artificial swimming pools.
- The color of the icon shows the water quality category and associated health risks.
- During the season, they monitor more than eighty natural areas and hundreds of swimming pools.
Natural water bodies and artificial swimming pools can be displayed on the map. “Natural water bodies include gravel pits, water reservoirs, ponds, ponds and the like. Those that have an operator during the summer are referred to as natural swimming pools during the period of operation. Artificial swimming pools include water parks, thermal and non-thermal swimming pools with seasonal or year-round operation, swimming pools, pools in accommodation facilities and the like.” clarified from ÚVZ.
By looking at the color of the icon of the selected natural body of water or swimming pool, the public can find out the bathing water quality category into which the body of water has been classified based on other available analysis results. “Individual categories represent a certain level of bathing water quality, while also taking into account possible health risks. At the same time, health recommendations are available for categories with reduced bathing water quality,” experts added, adding that the data is updated every 24 hours.
During the bathing season, additional information on the condition of natural water bodies and artificial swimming pools and the quality of water for bathing is also published on the ÚVZ website at regular weekly intervals. In total, more than 80 natural water bodies with different status and type of recreation will be monitored during this year’s bathing season. Before the start of the bathing season, two natural swimming pools and 181 swimming pools at swimming pools received permission to operate.
