97% of supervised beaches are suitable for swimming (ministry)

THE MORNING

June 29, 2024 at 10:48

In a press release, the ministry, which annually publishes the results of the reports of the surveillance campaigns of bathing waters and some quality of sandsrecalls that the number of beaches subject of surveillance under this program increased from 79 in 2003 to 196 beaches, according to the 2024 report (Editor’s note, which covers the year 2023).

For the general public, holidaymakers and municipalities, these tools enable the necessary measures to be taken to improve the quality of bathing water in the short and medium term, particularly at the level of beaches declared non-compliant, notes the same source.

Regarding the monitoring of the quality of bathing water in the summer season Currently, three devices are put in place by the Sustainable Development Department. This involves, first of all, the online querying of monitoring reports for the quality of bathing water and sand on the site: https://labo.environnement.gov.ma.

The ministry also cites the regular bulletins on the quality of bathing water on all beaches, which are established every 15 days and made available to beach managers through a digital platform in order to allow them to be displayed on beach sites for the information of holidaymakers and to take the necessary immediate measures in the event of non-compliance with quality.

The third device, adds the press release, consists of theapplication “Iplages“, downloadable from Android et IOSfor the information of the general public in real time, in order to communicate the results of the monitoring in a regular manner and provide all useful information on the beaches.

The ministry invites summer visitors to consult this application or the site: https://labo.environnement.gov.ma for more instant information on the quality and conformity of beaches (bathing waters) for the summer season 2024.