Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems

Sensitive areas for the urban waste water treatment directive

Buildings not connected to the public sewer system

Luxembourg has designated its whole territory as vulnerable zone according to article 3, paragraph 2 of the Nitrates Directive 91/676/EEC.

The bathing waters are monitored according to the Bathing Water Directive 2006/7/CE. During the season, the parameters of Escherichia coli and intestinal enterococci are monitored once per month at 12 monitoring measuring points. These parameters are indicators of fecal pollution.

According to the Bathing Water Directive 2006/7/CE were designated 3 bathing water groups in Luxembourg : the reservoir of the Upper Sure , the swimming pond in Remerschen and the swimming pond in Weiswampach which are surveyed at 12 bathing water sites. Every year before the start of the bathing season the list of bathing waters will be published in the Luxembourg press. The bathing season in Luxembourg extends from May 1 to September 30. Legally, the Bathing Water Directive was implemented in Luxemburgish Law with the regulation of the 19th of May 2009 regarding the Bathing Water ( règlement grand-ducal du 19 mai 2009 modifié concernant les eaux de baigande ) into Luxembourg law.