*4.1.1 The bathing water directive*

The bathing water directive aims to protect human health and facilitating recreational use of natural waters and this through protecting and improving bathing water quality in freshwater and coastal water areas. The "national report on

monitoring the quality of bathing water on beaches in the Morocco Kingdom" for 2021 shows that the rate of compliance of the bathing water of Moroccan beaches with microbiological water quality reached 87.06%.
