Ilbarritz

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La plage d'Ilbarritz est une des plus belles plages de Bidart. Surplombée par le château d'Ilbarritz, elle est entourée des plages du Pavillon Royal au sud, et Milady au nord. En amont de la plage se trouve la Cité de l'Océan et du Surf. La plage est surveillée l'été, et très fréquentée par les surfeurs et les baigneurs. Une école de surf est présente sur la plage. Des douches et des toilettes sont disponibles.
Le ruisseau Lamoulie peut être une source de dégradation de la qualité de l'eau, ainsi que le système de traitement des eaux usées qui peut être défaillant en cas de fortes pluies.

Ilbarritz is one of the prettiest beaches in Bidart. Dominated by the Ilbarritz's castle, the beach is surrounded by Pavillon Royal's beach at the South, and Milady's beach at the North. Just above the beach, the City of the Ocean is a good place to learn more about the ocean. During summer, the beach is supervised, and crowded. Shower and WC are available on the beach.
The river Lamoulie and the Waste Water Treatment might be explanations for bad water quality, especially in case of heavy rains.

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Water Quality

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Current Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on October 1st, 2018. Surfrider Foundation Europe updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on October 1st, 2018 at 4:07 AM.

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Monitoring Frequency

Source Information

As part of the Watermen Testers program, Surfrider Foundation Europe volunteers monitor recreational marine and freshwater quality at several sites in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The sampling season goes throughout the year, on an irregular basis depending on availability of volunteers. That is why the monitoring frequency selected is "Other" for all the beaches in the region. Priority is given to places where Watermen Testers suspect a pollution. Before (from 2014 to 2017), samples were collected bi-monthly. According to the European Directive 2006/7/CE, water quality is based on 2 bacteriological parameters: E. coli and enterococcus. Threshold between average and poor water quality :
Freshwater :
Enterococcus 660 CFU/100mL
E. coli : 1800 CFU/100mL
Marine water:
Enteroccocus : 370 CFU/100mL
E. coli: 1000 CFU/100mL

A beach is marked green if the two results (Enterococcus and E. coli) are under European thresholds.
A beach is marked red if one of the two or the two results is/are above the European threshold.
A beach is marked grey when there are no current results or there is no available information.

Special status beaches:
Due to the high frequentation of beaches during the summer and the occurrence of storms, leading to wastewater treatment plant overflows, some beaches are exposed to short term pollutions.

Uhabia – Bidart: In case of heavy rains, a valve holds untreated water at Uhabia’s estuary, and releases it 500 meters away from the coast during the night.
Grande plage – Biarritz: Sewer overflows release untreated water directly on the beach.
La barre – Anglet: This beach in mainly polluted because of Adour’s estuary which is just above, especially during floods.

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