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Beach
Grading System
All gazetted
beaches opened to the public during the
bathing season are regularly monitored by
the EPD. Water samples are collected from
each beach for analysing the bacterial level.
Based on these results, beaches are classified
according to a Grading System to inform
the public of the recent bacteriological
water quality status. Updated
beach gradings are released during the
bathing season through weekly press release
before weekend, this webpage and a dedicated
telephone hotline (2511-6666). The beach
grades are also displayed at the beaches
by the Leisure
and Cultural Services Department. Beaches
are classified into four grades by calculating
the geometric mean E. coli
level of the 5 most recent sampling occasions
and the worst grade is also given to a beach
when the last E. coli
reading exceeds a high figure.
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