France · Haute-Loire
Allier Pont de Lavoute Chilhac water quality
Is it clean? Yes — the water meets EU standards
Allier Pont de Lavoute Chilhac's official 2025 EU Bathing Water rating is Good — meets the EU bathing-water standard in the latest annual assessment. 2 of the 7 classified seasons on record have rated Excellent or Good.
11-year classification history
Official EEA classification, one rating per bathing season, 2015–2025 — real data reported by national authorities.
- 2015: Poor2015
- 2016: Poor2016
- 2017: Poor2017
- 2018: Sufficient2018
- 2019: Poor2019
- 2020: Not classified2020
- 2021: Not classified2021
- 2022: Not classified2022
- 2023: Not classified2023
- 2024: Good2024
- 2025: Good2025
Good in the most recent season, and 2 of 7 classified years rated Excellent or Good.
- Excellent
- Good
- Sufficient
- Poor
- Not classified
View as table
| Year | Classification |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Poor |
| 2016 | Poor |
| 2017 | Poor |
| 2018 | Sufficient |
| 2019 | Poor |
| 2020 | Not classified |
| 2021 | Not classified |
| 2022 | Not classified |
| 2023 | Not classified |
| 2024 | Good |
| 2025 | Good |
- 2015Poor — below the EU standard; swimming may be discouraged or restricted by local authorities.
- 2016Poor — below the EU standard; swimming may be discouraged or restricted by local authorities.
- 2017Poor — below the EU standard; swimming may be discouraged or restricted by local authorities.
- 2018Sufficient — meets the minimum EU standard in the latest annual assessment.
- 2019Poor — below the EU standard; swimming may be discouraged or restricted by local authorities.
- 2020Not classified — not enough samples in this year to assign an official rating.
- 2021Not classified — not enough samples in this year to assign an official rating.
- 2022Not classified — not enough samples in this year to assign an official rating.
- 2023Not classified — not enough samples in this year to assign an official rating.
- 2024Good — meets the EU bathing-water standard in the latest annual assessment.
- 2025Good — meets the EU bathing-water standard in the latest annual assessment.
2026 in-season sample timeline
No individual in-season sample feed has been published for Allier Pont de Lavoute Chilhac yet. The official 2025 classification above, from the annual EU Bathing Water report, is the most current rating available for this beach.
How measurement works
Under the EU Bathing Water Directive, national authorities take water samples through the bathing season and test them for two indicator bacteria: intestinal enterococci and E. coli. Higher counts of either indicate a greater risk of contamination from sewage or agricultural runoff.
At the end of each season, the full set of results is reported to the European Environment Agency, which assigns one of four classifications — Excellent, Good, Sufficient or Poor — based on the statistical spread of the last four seasons' samples, not a single reading. That's why the rating published in spring 2026 covers the 2025 season, and why one bad sample doesn't necessarily change the rating on its own.
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Frequently asked questions
Is the water at Allier Pont de Lavoute Chilhac safe right now?
Yes — Allier Pont de Lavoute Chilhac's official 2025 EU Bathing Water rating is Good, and 2 of 7 classified seasons on record have rated Excellent or Good. That applies to the water around Haute-Loire.
How is bathing water quality measured?
The process: national authorities sample the water through the season, test for intestinal enterococci and E. coli, and report the full results to the European Environment Agency each following spring, which assigns one of four grades under the EU Bathing Water Directive. Some national authorities, including Croatia's IZOR, also publish individual in-season samples ahead of that annual report; that isn't yet available for Allier Pont de Lavoute Chilhac.
How often is the water tested?
The official annual classification is based on a full season of sampling (typically 4+ samples, May–September) but is only published once, the following spring. Allier Pont de Lavoute Chilhac doesn't yet have a published in-season sample feed, so the annual rating above is the most current figure available.