Description: Coastal Water Quality Vanuatu Monitoring Program started in 2020 in response to community concern about sewage pollution washing up around..
Monitoring Coastal Water Quality for Safe Swimming in and around Port Vila. Data Base May 03, 2023 Port Vila Bay **** First Lagoon * Second Lagoon **** These results are an average over several collection points by main area. Please see the detailed results for more precision.
Every week we collect samples to monitor the Coastal Water Quality at different places around Port Vila. We carry out analyzes and share the results publicly and for free
We test water samples for a bacteria called enterococci . Enterococci is found in the intestines of warm blooded animals and excreted in faeces and rarely present in unpolluted waters. The bacteria is found in very high numbers in raw sewage which makes it a good indicator of sewage pollution.