# Beach Water Quality Grading [← Text catalogue home](/index.md) [HTML](/datasets/hk-epd-beachteam-beach-water-quality-grading/) · [JSON](/datasets/hk-epd-beachteam-beach-water-quality-grading.json) · [Markdown](/datasets/hk-epd-beachteam-beach-water-quality-grading.md) - ID: ` hk-epd-beachteam-beach-water-quality-grading ` - Publisher: [Environmental Protection Department](/publishers/c22ba033-6505-4d76-9d58-76de3a3b5b0d/) · [Markdown](/publishers/c22ba033-6505-4d76-9d58-76de3a3b5b0d/index.md) - Categories: [Environment](/categories/environment/) · [Markdown](/categories/environment/index.md) - Tags: Not stated - Resources: 6 - Updated: 2026-10-16T16:34:36.751083 - Update frequency (publisher metadata): Updated data are generally posted onto this webpage within 48 hours after sampling - Harvest started: 2026-10-20T22:31:00.105Z - Licence: Not stated - Source: [Official metadata record]() Harvest started is the source harvest start associated with this record, not its precise retrieval time. Updated is an upstream metadata claim. ## Description Latest information on beach water quality grading ## Resources These are upstream resource links from metadata. Resource contents and endpoint availability have not been verified here. ### [Beach water quality grading - Spatial data (English Version)]() - Resource ID: ` 1bc6ee7e-6246-497e-862c-a05125b60cd8 ` - Format: API - Language: en,zh-Hant,zh-Hans - Updated: 2026-10-16T16:34:34.851411 - API flag (publisher metadata): Y - Original URL: ` https://portal.csdi.gov.hk/geoportal/?datasetId=epd_rcd_1631501467099_56497 ` Latest Information on beach water quality grading\. Under EPD's Beach Grading System, beaches are classified into four grades according to the level of \*\*\*E\. coli\*\*\* in the water\. Grades are calculated on the basis of the geometric mean of the \*\*\*E\. coli\*\*\* counts on the five most recent sampling occasions\. Grade 4 is assigned to beaches whose last \*\*\*E\. coli\*\*\* reading exceeded a threshold figure, irrespective of the geometric mean\. Swimmers are advised to avoid these beaches until the water quality improves\. ### [Beach water quality grading - Spatial data (Traditional Chinese Version)]() - Resource ID: ` 204fde4d-411b-43bc-89af-b15a3cc958c1 ` - Format: API - Language: en,zh-Hant,zh-Hans - Updated: 2026-10-16T16:34:35.734991 - API flag (publisher metadata): Y - Original URL: ` https://portal.csdi.gov.hk/geoportal/?datasetId=epd_rcd_1631501467099_56497 ` Latest Information on beach water quality grading\. Under EPD's Beach Grading System, beaches are classified into four grades according to the level of \*\*\*E\. coli\*\*\* in the water\. Grades are calculated on the basis of the geometric mean of the \*\*\*E\. coli\*\*\* counts on the five most recent sampling occasions\. Grade 4 is assigned to beaches whose last \*\*\*E\. coli\*\*\* reading exceeded a threshold figure, irrespective of the geometric mean\. Swimmers are advised to avoid these beaches until the water quality improves\. ### [Beach water quality grading (Simplified Chinese Version)]() - Resource ID: ` 5c753449-990e-43c6-9d72-b9676ef96cf1 ` - Format: RSS - Language: en,zh-Hant,zh-Hans - Updated: 2026-10-16T16:34:33.934063 - API flag (publisher metadata): N - Original URL: ` https://cd.epic.epd.gov.hk/beachpsi/sc/beach2.rss ` Latest Information on beach water quality grading\. Under EPD's Beach Grading System, beaches are classified into four grades according to the level of \*\*\*E\. coli\*\*\* in the water\. Grades are calculated on the basis of the geometric mean of the \*\*\*E\. coli\*\*\* counts on the five most recent sampling occasions\. Grade 4 is assigned to beaches whose last \*\*\*E\. coli\*\*\* reading exceeded a threshold figure, irrespective of the geometric mean\. Swimmers are advised to avoid these beaches until the water quality improves\. ### [Beach water quality grading (English Version)]() - Resource ID: ` 709064d0-d76f-4083-a5be-da387e5b44b6 ` - Format: RSS - Language: en,zh-Hant,zh-Hans - Updated: 2026-10-16T16:34:32.349657 - API flag (publisher metadata): N - Original URL: ` https://cd.epic.epd.gov.hk/beachpsi/en/beach2.rss ` Latest Information on beach water quality grading\. Under EPD's Beach Grading System, beaches are classified into four grades according to the level of \*\*\*E\. coli\*\*\* in the water\. Grades are calculated on the basis of the geometric mean of the \*\*\*E\. coli\*\*\* counts on the five most recent sampling occasions\. Grade 4 is assigned to beaches whose last \*\*\*E\. coli\*\*\* reading exceeded a threshold figure, irrespective of the geometric mean\. Swimmers are advised to avoid these beaches until the water quality improves\. ### [Beach water quality grading - Spatial data (Simplified Chinese Version)]() - Resource ID: ` c757781c-60c2-476a-9294-40a676bc33e1 ` - Format: API - Language: en,zh-Hant,zh-Hans - Updated: 2026-10-16T16:34:36.763053 - API flag (publisher metadata): Y - Original URL: ` https://portal.csdi.gov.hk/geoportal/?datasetId=epd_rcd_1631501467099_56497 ` Latest Information on beach water quality grading\. Under EPD's Beach Grading System, beaches are classified into four grades according to the level of \*\*\*E\. coli\*\*\* in the water\. Grades are calculated on the basis of the geometric mean of the \*\*\*E\. coli\*\*\* counts on the five most recent sampling occasions\. Grade 4 is assigned to beaches whose last \*\*\*E\. coli\*\*\* reading exceeded a threshold figure, irrespective of the geometric mean\. Swimmers are advised to avoid these beaches until the water quality improves\. ### [Beach water quality grading (Traditional Chinese Version)]() - Resource ID: ` d4ec51d6-7948-454e-b751-5d8a5c8a6e24 ` - Format: RSS - Language: en,zh-Hant,zh-Hans - Updated: 2026-10-16T16:34:33.101727 - API flag (publisher metadata): N - Original URL: ` https://cd.epic.epd.gov.hk/beachpsi/tc/beach2.rss ` Latest Information on beach water quality grading\. Under EPD's Beach Grading System, beaches are classified into four grades according to the level of \*\*\*E\. coli\*\*\* in the water\. Grades are calculated on the basis of the geometric mean of the \*\*\*E\. coli\*\*\* counts on the five most recent sampling occasions\. Grade 4 is assigned to beaches whose last \*\*\*E\. coli\*\*\* reading exceeded a threshold figure, irrespective of the geometric mean\. Swimmers are advised to avoid these beaches until the water quality improves\. ## Specifications (source links) ### Publisher documentation - [Data dictionary]() — source-linked; Dataset: data\_dictionary Original links supplied in publisher metadata. A source link does not mean that document content is hosted, parsed or verified here; any hosted extraction and its review scope are listed separately below. Upstream metadata associations only; these links do not validate individual resources or document sections. No extracted document body is hosted here. ## Document availability Parsed specifications and data dictionaries: not available for this dataset. [Document availability](/documents.md).