Carinthian bathing lakes with the best bathing water quality

Evaluations by AGES and the European Environment Agency confirm:

Carinthian bathing lakes have top bathing water quality

The quality of Austrian bathing waters is regularly tested and published by AGES (Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety) and

the EEA (European Environment Agency) according to uniform European criteria

. Carinthia's bathing lakes

perform very well in the current evaluations (2 June 2025), consistently receiving a rating of

‘excellent’.

The main focus of the measurements is on the presence or absence of certain indicator bacteria that

define water quality. In contrast, the recently published Carinthian

Lakes Report determines the so-called ‘ecological status’ of the lakes, which is defined, among other things, by the population of

fish and aquatic plants in a lake.

Klaus Ehrenbrandtner, Managing Director of Carinthia Tourism: "The water quality assessed by

AGES and EEA is decisive for bathing enjoyment. We are therefore pleased to be able to announce again this year

that the water quality of Carinthia's bathing lakes has been consistently rated as ‘excellent’ in the

relevant evaluations. The publication of the Carinthian

lake report at the start of the season, even though its results have been known for some time, was not well

chosen because it can cause unnecessary confusion. This is because it does not deal with water quality, which is important for

bathers. Therefore, reference to the relevant AGES and EEA

evaluations is urgently needed here!"

Carinthia offers bathing fun and water sports in the purest water

Carinthia's lakes not only shine with their turquoise colour and picturesque landscape, in which they

are embedded, but also with their excellent water quality: according to the latest

measurement data from AGES bathing water monitoring (last monitoring of bathing sites on 2 June 2025)

, all Carinthian bathing lakes examined, including various bathing sites on Lake Wörthersee, Lake Millstätter

See, Lake Ossiacher See, Lake Faaker See, Lake Klopeiner See, Lake Turnersee, Lake Weissensee, Lake Keutschacher See,

Lake Rauschelesee, Lake Längsee, Lake Pressegger See, Lake Afritzer See, Lake Brennsee, Lake Silbersee and Lake Greifenburger

, have been certified as having ‘excellent bathing water quality’ .

 https://www.ages.at/umwelt/wasser/badegewaesser

monitoring?bundesland=k&cHash=8e316ecec902722b3cec76f8b5f15775#c3952

Gerhard Hohenwarter, meteorologist at Geosphere Austria, knows the reasons behind the

excellent water quality of Carinthia's bathing lakes: "A well-developed

ring sewer system ensures that the water quality of Carinthia's lakes is not negatively affected

. Furthermore, Carinthia's lakes have a regular supply of fresh water from

precipitation and tributaries."

Carinthia has thus held a leading position in Europe for years. The European

Environment Agency (EEA) summarises the water quality measurements at 22,000 bathing sites in Europe

every year. On 20 June 2025, the EEA published its latest report: all of the more than 30 officially

tested bathing sites in Carinthia received the top rating of ‘excellent’ without exception.

This is also confirmed by Carinthia's holiday guests in the annual T-MONA guest survey.

The guests' rating of the ‘naturalness of the lakes and rivers’ and the water temperature

at Carinthia's bathing lakes was well above average, with a school grade of 1.6.

Barbara Tschöscher

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