Le Moure Rouge

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Cette plage de sable est publique (ce qui n'est pas toujours le cas dans ce coin), avec un parking gratuit à proximité. Néanmoins, la proximité de la route rend la plage un peu dangereuse pour les enfants. Quelques restaurants entourent la plage, et il est possible de pratiquer des activités nautiques telles que le kite surf, ou louer des pédalos. Des douches et toilettes sont disponibles sur la plage, et une zone de baignade surveillée est présente en saison.
Le système de traitement des eaux usées, le réseau d'eaux pluviales, ainsi que les établissements touristiques peuvent être des sources de dégradation de la qualité de l'eau.

This sandy beach is public, which is not always the case in this area. There is a free parking lot nearby the beach, but the road is so close to the beach that it might be dangerous for children.
Some restaurants are around the beach, and you can practice kitesurf or rent a pedal boat. Showers and toilets are available on the beach, which is supervised during summer.
The waste water treatment, rain water network and tourist establishments might be explanations for a bad water quality.

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Water Quality

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Current Status
This status is based on the latest sample. Surfrider Foundation Europe updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available.

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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.

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